Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the brain-storming session scheduled by KPMG, referred to in note 3 of the minutes of the Olympic cost review steering group of 28 November 2005.

Tessa Jowell: I would refer the hon. Member to the statement I made to the House on 15 March 2007,  Official Report, column 450, in which I provided full details of the budget for the Olympic Delivery Authority and a number of issues including wider security, tax and contingency provision.
	The specific advice relating to the brainstorming session remains pertinent to the formulation of government policy, and I cannot therefore place the minutes in the Library of the House.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a copy of the assessment of total costs made by KPMG, referred to in note 2 of the minutes of the Olympic cost review steering group of 28 November 2005.

Tessa Jowell: I would refer the hon. Member to the response I gave to him on 18 December 2006,  Official Report, column 1588W, and to that of 14 May 2007,  Official Report, column 533W. In addition I gave Parliament a full explanation of the Olympic costs and funding in my statement of 15 March 2007,  Official Report, column 450. KPMG's role was changed to one of providing ongoing advice on Olympic costs, and the report referred to in note 2 of the minutes of the Olympic cost steering group was therefore not produced.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what  (a) reports,  (b) other documents and  (c) electronic presentations KPMG has produced for her Department in connection with that company's role in providing advice on the Olympics cost review; and on what date each was (i) submitted or presented and (ii) produced.

Tessa Jowell: I refer the hon. Member to the statement I made to the House on 15 March 2007,  Official Report, column 450, in which I provided full details of the budget for the Olympic Delivery Authority and a number of issues including wider security, tax and contingency provision. This was informed by the thorough cost review I instituted after bid win, for which KPMG provided advice on an ongoing basis. KPMG's advice will also inform the development of the Olympic Delivery Authority's Corporate Plan, which is due to be published later this year.
	Advice provided by KPMG on the cost of the Olympic Games is being used on an ongoing basis in the management of the Olympic budget. This is pertinent to and informs the current formulation of government policy, and cannot therefore be provided.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will hold a London 2012: Your Games, Your Say question and answer session in Wales.

Richard Caborn: In partnership with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), we have committed to conducting regular public meetings to give local people across the United Kingdom the opportunity to question those responsible for delivering the games about all aspects of preparations for 2012. I will be talking to Welsh Assembly Ministers about holding such an event in Wales.
	Additionally, Lord Coe as the Chairman of the London Organising Committee visited Wales on 8 June and met with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and spoke at the Welsh Local Government Association conference. This is part of regular engagement through the Nations and Regions Group.

Slavery: Anniversaries

Dawn Butler: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support her Department has allocated to events marking the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade; and if she will make a statement.

David Lammy: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, together with the Department for Education and Skills, has given £925,000 to the Understanding Slavery Initiative, a partnership between the National Maritime Museum and a number of other cultural institutions which has been running since 2003-04 helping teachers to deal with the sensitive issue of slavery in the classroom.
	The Department has also announced a £500,000 capital grant for the new International Slavery Museum (ISM) in Liverpool being developed by National Museums Liverpool. This funding builds on the £250,000 annual contribution to the ISM's running costs which the DCMS has already pledged. The ISM will replace the groundbreaking Transatlantic Slavery Gallery in the Merseyside Maritime Museum and will prove to be a magnificent new national institution and a worthy legacy of 2007.
	The Department is principally working through the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) to promote sector engagement in activities happening in 2007 and beyond.
	MLA's Strategic Commissioning programme has supported a number of regional projects in 2007 between schools and museums and archives across the country. Organisations have worked with the MLA regional agencies to produce new learning resources including exhibitions and websites that draw on local stories about the impact of slavery.
	All 41 Renaissance Hub museums have engaged in events and exhibitions to mark the bicentenary. For example, in October 2007 the museum in Docklands will open the only permanent gallery in London that examines the city's involvement in transatlantic slavery and its legacy on the capital.
	The MLA Partnership will also be supporting sector and community engagement with the visit of the Amistad replica to England: London (1-12 August 2007), Liverpool (20-26 August 2007) and Bristol (29 August to 6 September 2007).
	The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded over £13 million to more than 140 projects related to the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade and the slave trade generally. In addition, HLF have given a grant of £10 million to Bristol city council for the Museum of Bristol: The People's Story, which will include a new gallery on Bristol and the slave trade.
	Arts Council England has funded 44 projects related to the bicentenary, making grants totalling £1,234,549 so far this year.
	The Big Lottery Fund (BLF) has so far committed £647,945 to projects looking at the bicentenary and modern forms of slavery. BLF has also set up the Abolition 200 website designed to let communities know about what going on around the bicentenary, develop project ideas, make links and look for funding.
	The Department is also committed to ensuring a legacy from the bicentenary commemorations. We are working with MLA, ACE, HLF and the rest of the sector to improve the diversity of the staff employed by our museums and galleries, along with the audiences they reach.

Floods: Radioactive Wastes

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what consideration is given to the potential vulnerability to sea ingress from sea level rise or flooding inundation due to climate change of a site being considered for the suitability of its geology for a subterranean repository for long-lived radioactive waste;
	(2)  what progress has been made in deciding the scientific criteria for initial screening out of areas unsuitable for a geological repository for long-lived radioactive waste.

Ian Pearson: holding answer 18 June 2007
	The Criteria Proposals Group (CPG) and the Criteria Review Panel (CRP) were established to develop draft criteria for the initial screening out of areas unsuitable for geological disposal of the UK's higher activity radioactive waste. These criteria will be included in the forthcoming Managing Radioactive Waste Safely consultation document. CPG and CRP have now completed their work. A joint report will be published on the DEFRA website later in summer 2007.
	The potential impact of rising sea levels on coastal areas as a result of climate change was considered by CPG and CRP. Sea level rise could affect the location of repository access points and of surface facilities sited in coastal areas during the repository construction, operational and pre-closure phases. CPG and CRP concluded that, because of the potential to protect surface facilities from coastal flooding, for example by engineered means or, where possible, by relocating facilities to higher ground, risk of coastal flooding was not a general exclusion criterion. However, it would need to form part of the future process of site specific consideration.

Departments: Foreign Relations

Douglas Carswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Memoranda of Understanding are in force as a result of agreements with foreign governments entered into by Ministers in her Department; and what executive actions each entails.

Kim Howells: Records of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) are not held centrally. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has only maintained a collection of MoUs since 1997. The FCO database contains records of 352 MoUs, including both MoUs originating with the FCO and MoUs concluded by other Government Departments. However this record is not complete; although there is a widespread practice of other Departments depositing copies of MoUs with the FCO, it is not possible to confirm whether they have done so in every case. To produce a complete record of the MoUs entered into by the FCO and other Government Departments would require lengthy research and be disproportionally costly. In some circumstances MoUs are deposited in the Library of the House, where hon. Members can consult them. This is a matter for the Department concerned.

Somalia

Dawn Butler: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Somalia of the continued presence of Ethiopian troops.

Ian McCartney: The humanitarian situation in Somalia is primarily the product of 16 years of failed governance and the prime responsibility of individuals in Somalia.
	We are very concerned that, as the UN has reported, about 400,000 people have been displaced and more than one thousand may have been killed. The UK is particularly concerned about obstacles to access for humanitarian workers wanting to give help to those who most need it. We have raised this in international forums such as the EU, the UN and the International Contact Group on Somalia, which met most recently in London on 5 and 6 June, and we have made our views very clear.
	The UK was the 2nd largest humanitarian donor in Somalia in 2006. Since January, we have committed a further £6.3 million over and above our pre-budgeted funding, to seek to help those worst affected by the fighting and the ongoing humanitarian needs.
	The UK condemns the recent violence from whichever quarter it comes. We believe the Ethiopians should leave as soon as is practicable. They have told us they want to do so. But for them to leave before an effective alternative security force is in place would risk leaving a dangerous security vacuum and worsening the humanitarian situation still further.

Somalia

Dawn Butler: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support the UK is giving to the process of national reconciliation in Somalia.

Ian McCartney: The UK strongly supports the process of national reconciliation in Somalia. This process is a pre-requisite for lasting security in Somalia. We believe that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is the only body that can bring stability across Somalia, as envisaged by the Transitional Federal Charter, but it must be more inclusive and develop a broad base of clan acceptance if it is to succeed in this.
	We believe the TFG should reach out to all Somalis who reject violence, regardless of clan and that the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC), now scheduled to start in mid July, represents an excellent opportunity to do this. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Triesman of Tottenham, made this point in person to President Yusuf when he visited the UK in February and to the Somali Foreign Minister in London on 7 June. The meeting of the International Contact Group in London on 6 June sent the same strong message to the TFG through the Somali Foreign Minister. We will continue to work for this and are calling on all groups in Somali society to reject violence and to work together for national reconciliation.
	The UK is providing financial support for the NRC, both bilaterally (over £250,000 for the initial stage) and through the EU.

Bus Services: Peterborough

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions officials from his Department have had with Peterborough City Council on the  (a) establishment and  (b) cancellation of bus routes in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron: Department for Transport does not meet with local authorities on a regular basis to discuss the establishment or cancellation of particular commercial bus routes. However, the Government Office for the East of England regularly meets with Peterborough city council to discuss local transport performance and monitoring in relation to the Local Transport Plan including bus patronage and bus punctuality targets.

Cycling

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in each region for which his Department holds records who  (a) owned a bicycle and  (b) cycled regularly in each of the last 10 years.

Tom Harris: The information requested is in the following tables. These are based on data available from the National Travel Survey.
	Table 1 shows data for 2000-01 to 2005 on the percentage of individuals aged five and over in each Government office region and country of Great Britain who own a bicycle. Data on bicycle ownership was not collected before 2000.
	Table 2 shows data for 1999 to 2001, 2003 and 2005 on the frequency with which people in each Government office region and country of Great Britain use a bicycle. No data are held for other years in the specified time period.
	
		
			  Table 1: Percentage of individuals aged 5 and over who have their own bicycle, by region: 2000-01 to 2005 
			  Percentages/number 
			   2000-01  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 North East 33 37 32 34 29 
			 North West 38 36 37 37 41 
			 Yorkshire & the Humber 36 37 40 37 42 
			 East Midlands 40 48 46 46 46 
			 West Midlands 36 38 41 39 39 
			 East of England 48 51 50 49 51 
			 London 28 26 29 28 32 
			 South East 42 51 49 48 50 
			 South West 49 48 48 47 51 
			   
			 England 39 41 42 41 43 
			 Wales 36 41 37 39 40 
			 Scotland 39 36 39 37 40 
			   
			 Great Britain 39 41 41 40 43 
			   
			 GB sample size (individuals) 17,560 19,584 20,602 20,250 21,281 
			  Source:  DfT National Travel Survey 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Frequency of bicycle use by region: 1999 to 2001, 2003 and 2005 
			  Percentages/number 
			   At least once a week  Less than once a week, at least once a month  Less than once a month, at least once a year  Less than once a year or never  All  Sample size (individuals) 
			  1999 to 2001   
			 North East 15 7 7 72 100 1,190 
			 North West 15 6 8 71 100 3,128 
			 Yorkshire & the Humber 13 7 7 73 100 2,197 
			 East Midlands 16 9 9 67 100 1,776 
			 West Midlands 14 7 7 72 100 2,262 
			 East of England 16 10 10 64 100 2,404 
			 London 10 6 5 78 100 3,177 
			 South East 15 10 9 66 100 3,730 
			 South West 17 11 9 63 100 2,332 
			
			 England 14 8 8 70 100 22,196 
			 Wales 10 9 8 73 100 1,398 
			 Scotland 16 8 7 70 100 2,278 
			
			 Great Britain 14 8 8 70 100 25,872 
			
			  2003( 1)   
			 North East 12 7 5 75 100 902 
			 North West 15 6 7 71 100 2,417 
			 Yorkshire & the Humber 15 9 7 69 100 1,808 
			 East Midlands 17 10 10 63 100 1,490 
			 West Midlands 13 7 8 72 100 1,905 
			 East of England 17 10 10 63 100 1,959 
			 London 11 5 5 79 100 2,680 
			 South East 15 11 10 64 100 2,708 
			 South West 15 10 10 65 100 1,789 
			
			 England 14 8 8 69 100 17,658 
			 Wales 13 7 8 72 100 1,015 
			 Scotland 14 9 7 70 100 1,927 
			
			 Great Britain 14 8 8 69 100 20,600 
			
			  2005( 1)   
			 North East 10 6 4 80 100 934 
			 North West 16 7 7 70 100 2,545 
			 Yorkshire & the Humber 16 6 8 70 100 1,890 
			 East Midlands 16 7 10 67 100 1,538 
			 West Midlands 13 7 7 73 100 1,961 
			 East of England 18 9 11 62 100 2,083 
			 London 13 7 6 75 100 2,649 
			 South East 16 10 10 63 100 2,763 
			 South West 18 8 10 64 100 1,813 
			
			 England 15 8 8 69 100 18,176 
			 Wales 14 7 7 73 100 1,103 
			 Scotland 13 6 7 74 100 2,002 
			
			 Great Britain 15 8 8 69 100 21,281 
			 (1) Excludes children aged under 5 from 2003 onwards.  Source:  DfT National Travel Survey

Departmental Projects

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which projects valued at more than £100 million are under consideration by his Department.

Gillian Merron: Schemes that have received an initial approval to proceed to the preferred option stage, which is equivalent to the Office of Government Commerce's Gateway Review 1, are listed as follows, apart from the LA schemes stated that are being assessed for this approval. Schemes that have passed the approvals stage equivalent to Gateway Review 3, which gives approval for contracts to be signed and construction to begin, are also omitted, as they are no longer under consideration.
	The following projects have received initial funding approval, but have yet to start construction, and cost in excess of £100 million. They are in development or procurement, but are not all under active consideration by the Department at this stage. The first four are referred to in the 6 July 2006 letter from the Secretary of State to the relevant Regional Assembly and Regional Development Agency on regional funding allocations.
	Mersey Gateway Bridge
	Carlisle Northern Development Route
	Manchester Metrolink Phase IIIA
	Manchester Metrolink Renewals on Phases 1 and 2
	Nottingham Light Rail Phase II—referred to in a statement to the House of Commons by the Secretary of State on 25 October 2006.
	Thames Gateway Bridge—referred to on the TfL website
	Birmingham Highway Maintenance—referred to in the West Midlands Local Transport Plan 2006
	The Department is currently assessing the following local authority schemes for an initial Government approval to proceed to the preferred option stage.
	South East Manchester Relief Road
	Finningley and Rossington Relief Road (Doncaster)
	Birmingham Gateway (New Street Station improvements)
	Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway Upgrade
	Heysham to M6 Link Road (Lancashire)
	Tyne and Wear Metro Reinvigoration
	All six of the schemes listed above are referred to in the 6 July 2006 letter from the Secretary of State to the relevant Regional Assembly and Regional Development Agency on regional funding allocations.
	The Department is currently preparing the high level output specification for the safety, reliability and capacity it expects on the rail network for the years 2009-10 to 2013-14. This document will be published in July 2007, and is likely to contain many rail projects that cost in excess of £100 million. In particular, the Department continues to take forward the Thameslink programme, and has stated that it is considering when and how to proceed with it in conjunction with HLOS and the Spending Review. The Department is also continuing to take forward Crossrail, a Bill for which is currently being considered by a Select Committee of the House of Commons. In addition, the Department has given initial funding approval to proceed to the preferred option stage to the Intercity Express programme.
	The following projects appear in the Highways Agency's programme, and have yet to start construction. All of these are referred to in the Highways Agency's Business Plan 2007-08.
	M25 J5-7 Widening
	M25J16-23
	M25J23-27
	M25J27-30
	M1 J10-13 Widening
	M1J19
	M1 J21-30
	M1 J30 to J31
	M1J32 to J34
	M1J34 to J37
	M1 J37 to J39
	M1 J39 to J42
	A14 Ellington to Fen Ditton Improvement
	A505 Dunstable Northern Bypass (A5 to M1 link)
	A1 Dishforth to Barton
	A46 Newark to Widemerpool Improvement
	M62 J25 to J27
	National Road Telecommunication Services
	A57/A628 Mottram in Longdendale, Hollingworth and Tintwistle Bypass
	A421 Bedford to M1 Junction 13
	In addition to these, the Highways Agency's programme includes the A30 Garland Cross to Chiverton Cross scheme, which is not currently expected to be funded in the next ten years, following advice received from the South West region. The A303 Stonehenge scheme is under review.
	A further project is being led by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which issued a press release in May on the Search and Rescue Helicopters scheme being undertaken jointly with the Ministry of Defence.

Departments: Advertising

David Heath: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue his Department received from advertisements on its  (a) public information leaflets and  (b) public websites in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Gillian Merron: We have not generated any revenue from third parties as the Department does not sell advertising space on its websites or public information leaflets.
	Department for Transports Executive Agencies do receive income for the services they provide, such as booking a driving test, selling vehicle registration numbers or promoting the UK ship register, and there are websites and literature that explain these services, but again third party advertising is not permitted.

Driving Offences: Mobile Phones

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of  (a) deaths,  (b) serious incidents and  (c) other accidents caused by persons driving while using hand-held mobile telephones in each police force area in 2006.

Stephen Ladyman: The information requested for 2006 will be available on 28 June 2007. Details of forthcoming Department for Transport statistical publications including "Road Casualties in Great Britain—Main Results" and "Road Casualties in Great Britain—Annual Report", can be found at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/recentforthcomingpublications/forthcomingstatisticalpublic5470.

European Geo-Stationary Navigation Overlay System

Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the European Geo-Stationary Navigation Overlay System to be fully operational.

Stephen Ladyman: holding answer 11 June 2007
	The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission and Eurocontrol, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. ESA has overall responsibility for the design and development of the EGNOS system.
	The integration of EGNOS into the Galileo programme was decided by Transport Council in its conclusions of June 2003. The failure of the current concession negotiations for Galileo has also affected the EGNOS augmentation programme since the concessionaire was to provide the long-term management and funding structure necessary for the certification of EGNOS.
	At 8 June Transport Council, Ministers agreed a Council resolution which invited the Commission to continue with the implementation of a certifiable EGNOS with initial service availability by 2008. This is to be distinguished from a service agreed for aviation use. There is not yet a timetable for certification of EGNOS for aviation use because it will first be necessary to identify clearly the funding and management structure that will guarantee an operational system in the long-term. These guarantees are dependent on the decisions to be taken in the autumn on the future of the European GNSS Programme.

Galileo Project

Gwyneth Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many meetings  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in his Department have attended to discuss the Galileo project since its inception; which Ministers attended; on what dates the meetings were held; what the grade was of the civil servants attending meetings to discuss the Galileo project alone and jointly with Ministers; and if he will place in the Library a paper on the proposed future financing, governance and exploitation of Galileo.

Stephen Ladyman: Ministers have attended all transport councils since 1999, when it was agreed at the Cologne European Council that Galileo 'should be given careful scrutiny'.
	Departmental officials have attended all meetings of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) Supervisory Board, since November 2002, and all meetings of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA), since January 2005. Departmental officials usually attend council working groups where Galileo is discussed, in support of the UK representation. Transport officials have been involved with the meetings of the ESA programme board that deals with EGNOS and Galileo since its inception in July 1999 and have attended many of them. The British National Space Centre takes the lead on ESA.
	Information could be provided at disproportionate cost only on the dates of all the meetings that Transport Ministers and officials have held or attended on Galileo, within the Department, with Government colleagues, or with the GJU, GSA, Commission, ESA, and EU or ESA member states. The grade of the civil servants attending meetings has varied as appropriate. Senior officials, including the permanent secretary, have been involved.
	An explanatory memorandum on the Commission's Communication of 16 May 2007 has been submitted to the European Scrutiny Select Committees. The Communication is available at:
	http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/doc/com Galileo en_final_16mav2007.pdf

Railways: Death

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities there were on railway lines in the UK in each of the last 20 years, broken down by rail line.

Tom Harris: This information is not held by the Department for Transport but by the British Transport Police who can be contacted at: British Transport Police, 25 Camden Road, London NW1 9LN, E-mail:
	general.enquiries@btp.pnn.police.uk.

Skips

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discretion local authorities have in imposing the provisions of the Highways Act 1980; and whether he plans to make the conditions imposed on skips placed on highways the national standard.

Gillian Merron: There is no restriction on the discretion used by local authorities when imposing the provisions of the Highways Act 1980 on skips.
	There are no powers under Highways Act to set a national standard for the conditions imposed on skips placed on the highway.

Speed Limits: Cameras

Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has  (a) commissioned and  (b) reviewed on the effectiveness of speed cameras in 20 mph zones.

Stephen Ladyman: The Department has not commissioned or reviewed any research into the effectiveness of speed cameras for 20 mph zones. The Department considers, and have advised local authorities that, 20 mph zones should be self enforcing through proven traffic calming measures.

Departments: Manpower

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of staff in his Department are  (a) male,  (b) female,  (c) registered disabled and  (d) aged 55 or over.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Available information, as at 1 June 2007 and including UKTI and OME is as follows:
	
		
			   Percentage of  DTI staff 
			 Male 58 
			 Female 42 
			 Declared disability 8 
			 Age 55+ 17

Departments: Official Cars

Si�n Simon: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what make and model of car  (a) he and  (b) each Minister in his Department selected as their official ministerial car; and what criteria were used when making the decision in each case.

Jim Fitzpatrick: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister of State for Transport on Thursday, 14 June 2007,  Official Report, column 1269W. Ministers in the Department for Trade and Industry are provided with two Toyota Prius, one Rover 75, one Vauxhall Vectra and one Honda Civic.

Departments: Peninsula Business Services

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what payments  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have made to Peninsula Business Services since May 1998.

Jim Fitzpatrick: Central records indicate that no payments have been made to peninsula business Services in any of the last five financial years.
	I have asked the chief executives of the executive agencies to respond directly to the hon. Member.
	Further information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions his Department has held with electronic producers and product designers of electronic goods on the implementation of individual producer responsibility under article 8.2 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

Malcolm Wicks: The Government are committed to the principles of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) and ensuring that producers recognise the importance of design in the sustainability agenda and will continue to work with the business community on this issue.
	As part of the WEEE system, the DTI will be establishing an independent WEEE Advisory Body to provide advice to Government on issues arising from the implementation of the WEEE Regulations and how to encourage product design to assist with IPR, this will be one of the areas the DTI will ask them to address.

Limestone

Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what tonnage of limestone was  (a) imported into and  (b) quarried in the UK in each quarter of (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007 to date.

Margaret Hodge: holding answer 18 June 2007
	 The Office for National Statistics publishes annual figures for Product Sales and Trade: Quarrying of Limestone, Gypsum and Chalk (excluding Uranium and Thorium Ores) in PRA 14120. However data on volumes of UK manufacturer sales of limestone is not available. UK manufacturer sales of crushed limestone aggregates are reported as part of crushed stone of a kind used for concrete aggregates, for roadstone and for other construction use excluding gravel, pebbles, shingle and flint in the ONS report Product Sales and Trade: Operation of Gravel and Sandpits in PRA 14210 but are not separated from many other aggregates.
	HM Revenue and Customs Overseas Trade Statistics give the following figures for imports of CN25210000 limestone flux, limestone and other calcareous stone used for the manufacture of lime or cement, and of CN25171020 limestone, dolomite and other calcareous stone, broken or crushed for road metalling, railway or other ballast:
	
		
			  Weight (thousand tonnes) 
			  Quarter  CN25210000  CN25171020 
			  2004   
			 Q1 0 78 
			 Q2 2 114 
			 Q3 2 105 
			 Q4 6 91 
			
			  2005   
			 Q1 25 103 
			 Q2 38 128 
			 Q3 30 172 
			 Q4 31 107 
			
			  2006   
			 Q1 3 103 
			 Q2 14 108 
			 Q3 4 37 
			 Q4 2 57 
			
			  2007   
			 Q1 5 51 
			  Source: Overseas Trade Statistics

Nanotechnology

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what role he expects the Technology Strategy Board to play in nanotechnology research and knowledge transfer in the next 10 years.

Malcolm Wicks: The Government's 10-year Science and Innovation Investment Framework, published in July 2004, reaffirmed the commitment to support businesses investing in new and emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology. The delivery mechanism for this work is the Technology Strategy Board, comprising mainly experienced business leaders, which will identify the new and emerging technologies critical to the growth of the UK economy into which Government funding and activities can be directed.
	Over the period 2005-08, 320 million is available to businesses in the form of grants to support research and development through the Technology Strategy Board.
	This includes over 100 million already invested in nanotechnology on collaborative R and D and a network of development facilities. A new nanotechnology knowledge transfer network was established in May 2007 to take forward the work of the MNT Network. Future decisions on technology and funding priorities will lie with the new TSB.

National Institute for Medical Research

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 
	(1)  what consultations have taken place with National Institute for Medical Research staff on the decision not to move to the Temperance hospital site and to consider relocation to the British Library site;
	(2)  what planning and development restrictions apply to building on the British Library site intended as the future home for the National Institute for Medical Research.

Malcolm Wicks: The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is a wholly owned institute of the Medical Research Council (MRC).
	The interim Director of NIMR Sir Keith Peters communicates regularly with NIMR staff about the development of a business case including the option of relocating NIMR to the National Temperance hospital site, as well as work to determine the feasibility of relocation to a larger site adjacent to the British Library. No decision has been made.

Parental Leave

Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he plans to table regulations to provide for additional paternity leave under section 3 of the Work and Families Act 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Government have made a commitment to introduce additional paternity leave and additional statutory paternity pay, which will give additional flexibility to families to make their own choice which parent is best placed to take the second six months of leave, before the end of this Parliament. A formal date for introduction is still to be decided, but it is intended to be brought in alongside the extension of statutory maternity pay, maternity allowance and statutory adoption pay from 39 weeks to 52 weeks. This will give families the choice for the first time on the best arrangements for their family when having a baby.

Post Office Card Account: Successor

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the written statement of 17 May 2007,  Official Report, column 52WS, on the Post Office card account (successor), what his estimate is of the number of post office branches which will be operating in 2010; and what effect he expects the size of the personal teller network for the successor to the Post Office card account announced in his statement to have on the number of branches operating at that time.

Alistair Darling: The Government have announced a commitment to provide up to 1.7 billion in support of the post office network, on top of the 2 billion made available since 1999, together with policies aimed at creating a stable network following a managed programme of no more than 2,500 compensated closures by the end of 2008.
	The number of post office outlets operating in 2010 will be dependent on a range of factors including Post Office Ltd's efforts to introduce new financial services products and drive efficiencies within the business. The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that it requires in the region of 10,000 outlets to deliver the successor to the Post Office card account. There is no direct link between this number and the future number of post offices, but given the size of their network, Post Office Ltd should be in a position to make a strong bid.

Post Offices: Cash Dispensing

Nick Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans the Post Office has to install a free cash machine in the Walker Post Office in East Newcastle upon Tyne.

Jim Fitzpatrick: This is an operational matter for which the management of Post Office Ltd. (POL) have direct responsibility. I understand that this branch currently has a fee paying ATM. The site has been assessed by POL and their venture partner the Bank of Ireland and this is a site where they want to place an external free to use ATM.
	I also understand that the subpostmaster has been sent the contract and terms and conditions and POL are currently waiting for them to return the signed paperwork.

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: Females

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors on the number of women on the Institute's governing body.

Margaret Hodge: The Department has not held any discussions with the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors on this subject.

Technology: Expenditure

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the Technology Programme budget announced in the 2006 Budget has been allocated; to whom; and in which sectors.

Malcolm Wicks: The information is as follows.
	The spring 2007 competition is currently under way and has allocated funds across the following areas:
	
		
			million 
			 Smart, Bioactive and Nanostructure Materials for Health 7 
			 Plastic Electronics: Materials Processing and Systems Integration 5 
			 Lightweight Materials and Structures 15 
			 Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing 40 
			 Oil and Gas Technologies 5 
			 Low Carbon Energy Technologies 10 
			 Networked Enterprise 8 
		
	
	There was no Budget announcement in 2006, however, since 2004 over eight collaborative research and development competitions have been held and the Technology Programme has allocated 438 million to 620 projects in the following technology priority areas:
	Environmentally Friendly Transport
	Bio Science and Healthcare
	Advanced Materials and Micro/Nano Technology
	Sensors, Displays and Imaging and Optoelectronics
	ICT
	Validation of Complex Systems
	Zero (Carbon) Emissions Enterprises
	Waste reduction and Sustainable Production and Consumption
	This can be broadly recast (by number of projects) across the following sectors:
	
		
			   Percentage 
			 Advanced Materials (including Micro and Nanotechnology) 21 
			 Bioscience and Healthcare 9 
			 Design Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing 17 
			 Electronics and Photonics 16 
			 Emerging Energy Technologies 15 
			 Information and Communications Technology 6 
			 Sustainable Production and Consumption 16

Lottery Funding

David Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent representations she has received on the impact of lottery funding for voluntary sector organisations of the 2012 Olympics.

David Evennett: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent representations she has received on the impact of lottery funding for voluntary sector organisations of the 2012 Olympics.

Edward Miliband: In the run-up to the Olympics decision, I received many representations from third sector organisations seeking assurances that money for the sector from the Big Lottery Fund would be protected.
	As confirmed by the BLF, the additional funding to the Olympics announced on 15 March, will come from money that would have gone to statutory programmes, not money set aside for the voluntary sector, and as the Chairman Sir Clive Booth said at the time:
	I am pleased that we will be able to protect existing programmes and the money earmarked for the third sector.

Civil Servants: Recruitment

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 
	(1)  what proportion of senior civil servants are  (a) from black or ethnic minority backgrounds and  (b) women;
	(2)  what steps her Department is taking to improve representation of  (a) black and ethnic minority groups and  (b) women in the senior Civil Service; and what assessment she has made of (i) the effectiveness of those initiatives and (ii) levels of awareness of them among (A) potential recruits and (B) existing civil servants;
	(3)  what steps have been taken to ensure that aptitude and personality tests used in recruitment to the Civil Service are not biased against  (a) people from black or ethnic minority backgrounds and  (b) women.

Hilary Armstrong: The October 2006 senior civil service (SCS) statistics show that there were:
	 (a) 118 (3.2 per cent.) black or ethnic minority staff in the SCS; and
	 (b) 1288 (31.25 per cent.) women in the SCS, of those 249 (26.8 per cent.) were in top
	management posts (i.e. at Director level or above).
	The Cabinet Office launched the Civil Service wide diversity 10-Point Plan in November 2005, which is a robust and pro-active framework aimed at increasing representation of women, disabled people and BME staff at senior levels. A review of departmental progress against the 10-Point Plan has recently been conducted and further interventions/actions have been agreed to help accelerate progress towards further supporting and encouraging existing civil servants as well as attracting potential new recruits.
	While departments are responsible for their individual recruitment practices, the 10 Point Plan, launched in November 2005, makes it clear that they should ensure recruitment practices are free from cultural bias in assessment processes.
	For the Civil Service Fast Stream, which the Cabinet Office manages on behalf of the Civil Service, there are two key steps taken to counter unfair bias. These are:
	(i) limiting the weight of any one selection method in the process (personality tests are not used); and (ii) subsequently evaluating these assessment methods for potential bias on an on-going and annual basis.

Children: Maintenance

Simon Hughes: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of tougher enforcement of debt collection, as proposed in the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill, on socially excluded groups with low levels of financial literacy.

Hilary Armstrong: I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues at the Department for Work and Pension (DWP). The Social Exclusion Task Force works closely with DWP and the Treasury (HMT) on many of initiatives to tackle social and financial exclusion.

Councillors

Michael Gove: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what guidance  (a) her Department and  (b) the Information Commissioner has produced on the requirements on councillors to register under the Data Protection Act 1998 when acting in their capacity as a representative of the residents of their ward.

Vera Baird: My Department has not issued any guidance on this issue.
	The Information Commissioner's Office published updated guidance on 17 May 2007 which included advice to elected and prospective members of local authorities of how registration under the Data Protection Act 1998 applies to them. The guidance can be found on the Commissioner's website at
	http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/data_protection/practical_application/advice_elected_and_prospective members_local_authorities.pdf.

Court Service: Maladministration

Peter Bone: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what estimate she has made of the number of administrative errors made by the Court Service in the last 12 months.

Harriet Harman: Data held by Her Majesty's Courts Service shows that 10,480 justified complaints relating to the administrative actions of the county, Crown and magistrates courts were recorded within the period June 2006-May 2007. This represents 64 per cent. of the total number of complaints recorded during the same period.
	Just under two million civil claims were heard in the county courts and Crown Court centres disposed of over 127,000 hearings or trials in the financial year 2006-2007. In 2006 the magistrates courts dealt with approximately 2.3 million defendants in criminal cases and 1.2 million civil applications.

Crime: Mentally Ill

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what support is offered to mentally ill people who commit crimes.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The range of support provided to mentally ill people who commit crimes is set out in the Offender Mental Health Care Pathway (Department of Health, 2005). This outlines best practice in stages from police custody and court appearances through to prison and pre-release arrangements with community mental health teams. Copies have been placed in the Library. It is also available on the Department of Health website at:
	http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4102231
	Under the Mental Health Act 1983 the courts have powers to assess mentally disordered offenders before sentencing and to divert them to receive specialist treatment in hospital rather than punishment. The police also have the power under the Act to remove a person who appears to be suffering from mental disorder to a place of safety. The Government plan to publish guidance this year to the NHS and partner agencies which supports the development of local diversion services by building on current best practice.
	Beginning in 2003, and completing in April 2006, the national health service took over the commissioning responsibility for all prison health services in public sector prisons. This was previously the responsibility of the Prison Service. One of the main reasons this transfer was made was to help ensure that prisoners had better access to mainstream health services.
	Investment in prison mental health in-reach services has been steadily increasing, with nearly 20 million invested in these services each year since 2004-05, and 360 whole time equivalent staff employed, more than the initial commitment in the NHS Plan to create 300 posts. There are now teams in 102 prisons, and their services are available to the entire prison estate.
	People who are mentally too ill to remain in prison should be transferred to hospital. We have introduced tighter monitoring to identify prisoners waiting an unacceptably long period for transfer to hospital. A protocol was issued to prisons and primary care trusts in October 2005 setting out what must be done when a prisoner has been waiting for a hospital place for more than three months following acceptance by the national health service.
	These measures have helped bring about positive results. In 2006, 33 per cent. more prisoners, with mental illness too severe for prison, were transferred to hospital than in 2002up to 961 from 723. There has been a significant decrease in the number of people waiting over 12 weeks for a transferin the quarter ending March 2007, 40 prisoners were waiting, down from 51 in the same quarter in 2005.
	The ACCT (Assessment, Care in Custody and teamwork) care planning process for prisoners in danger of self-harm or suicide has helped contribute to a reduction in the number of suicides in England and Wales. In 2006, these were down 14 per cent. down to 67 cases, from 95 in 2004. This is the lowest figure since 1996.

Crime: Schools

Tom Watson: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice 
	(1)  how many police officer hours were allocated to the safer schools scheme in each of the last three years;
	(2)  how many arrests there have been as a result of the introduction of the safer schools scheme.

Bridget Prentice: The collection of such data is gathered locally and is a matter for individual police forces.

Crown Dependencies

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what plans her Department has to improve communication between the Government and the Crown dependencies.

Harriet Harman: The Ministry of Justice provides the official channel of communication between the United Kingdom Government and the Governments of the Crown dependencies. Communication arrangements are kept under continuous review and improvement sought whenever possible.

Departments: Manpower

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many people are employed by her Department.

Harriet Harman: The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office of National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007.
	
		
			   Number 
			 Former DCA 36,910 
			 National Offender Management Service 1,620 
			 Office for Criminal Justice Reform 338 
			 HM Prison Service 49,570 
			 Total 88,438 
		
	
	The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed.

Departments: Manpower

Oliver Heald: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many officials work in  (a) her Department and  (b) the Privy Council Office.

Harriet Harman: The headcount figures for the former DCA and those parts of the Home Office which transferred to the Ministry of Justice have been taken from the latest civil service employment statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 13 June 2007 for the quarter ending 31 March 2007.
	
		
			   Number 
			 Former DCA 36,910 
			 National Offender Management Service 1,620 
			 Office for Criminal Justice Reform 338 
			 HM Prison Service 49,570 
		
	
	The number of staff transferring from Home Office Corporate Services following the creation of the Ministry of Justice is still being discussed.
	Present headcount figures for those parts of the Privy Council Office transferred to the Ministry of Justice is 21.

Departments: Property

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what properties her Department and its predecessor  (a) owned and  (b) rented in each of the last five years.

Harriet Harman: During the last five years my Department's property portfolio comprised of no Freehold or Long Leasehold properties. The following occupation Leasehold Properties:
	 FY 2002/03
	Clive House. 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
	Interchange Centre. West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH
	30 Millbank. London SW1P 4QP
	Millbank Tower. 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 3QP
	Selborne House. 54/60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
	Southside. 105 Victoria Street London SW1
	Steel House. 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ
	Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN
	 FY 2003/04
	Clive House. 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
	Interchange Centre. West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH
	30 Millbank. London SW1P 4QP
	Millbank Tower. 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 3QP
	Selborne House. 54/60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
	Southside. 105 Victoria Street London SW1
	Steel House. 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ
	Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN
	 FY 2004/05
	Clive House. 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
	Interchange Centre. West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH
	30 Millbank. London SW1P 4QP
	Millbank Tower. 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 3QP
	50 Queen Annes Gate London SW1H 9AP
	Selborne House. 54/60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
	Southside. 105 Victoria Street London SW1
	Steel House. 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ
	Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN
	 FY 2005/06
	4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT
	Clive House. 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
	Interchange Centre. West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH
	30 Millbank. London SW1P 4QP
	Millbank Tower. 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 3QP
	50 Queen Annes Gate London SW1H 9AP
	Selborne House. 54/60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
	Steel House. 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ
	Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN
	 FY 2006/07
	4 Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT
	Clive House. 70 Petty France, London SW1H 9EX
	Interchange Centre. West Street, Gateshead, NE8 1BH
	30 Millbank. London SW1P 4QP
	Millbank Tower. 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 3QP
	50 Queen Annes Gate London SW1H 9AP
	Selborne House. 54/60 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
	Steel House. 11 Tothill Street, London SW1H 9LJ
	Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN
	The Home Office is reporting with regard to MOJ properties transferring from the Home Office as part of Machinery of Government changes.

Housing: Prices

Michael Gove: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice if she will publish figures held by the Land Registry for the average price of a  (a) domestic dwelling,  (b) flat and  (c) detached house in each local authority in England in (i) 1997, (ii) 2000 and (iii) the latest period for which figures are available.

Vera Baird: The data has been placed in the Libraries of the House and contains information collected by Land Registry for the average price of a domestic dwelling (including semi-detached and terraced), flat and detached house in each local authority area in England and Wales in (i) 1997, (ii) 2000 and (iii) the latest information, covering January to March 2007.

Legislation: Guernsey

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many Bills were considered for extension to Guernsey in each year since 1997.

Harriet Harman: The Ministry of Justice does not hold all of the information requested. However, our departmental records show that the Ministry of Justice and before it the Department of Constitutional Affairs has written to the Guernsey authorities on behalf of legislating UK Government Departments on 20 occasions since 1997 where extending a Bill to Guernsey has been considered. On eight occasions in 2004; five occasions in 2005; six occasions in 2006 and once so far in 2007.

Probation: Manpower

Edward Garnier: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many trainee probation officers are expected to qualify in 2007-08, broken down by probation area; and how many in each area she expects will subsequently be offered a contract of employment.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The numbers of trainee probation officers due to qualify in 2007-08 are contained in the following table. The trainees will graduate at the end of September so it is too early to know precisely how many vacancies there will be at that stage. It is already clear, however, that a significant number of graduates will not be offered contracts of employment with their training probation areas. Every effort will be made to re-deploy displaced graduates across the country because some employers are likely to have excess vacancies but it is clear that not all graduates will be placed upon graduation.
	
		
			   Trainees due to qualify in September 2007-08 
			  Probation area  
			 Avon  Somerset 14 
			 Devon  Cornwall 18 
			 Dorset 4 
			 Gloucestershire 4 
			 Wiltshire 6 
			 Bedfordshire 6 
			 Cambridgeshire 4 
			 Essex 16 
			 Hertfordshire 9 
			 Norfolk 7 
			 Suffolk 5 
			 Cheshire 6 
			 Cumbria 5 
			 Lancashire 0 
			 Greater Manchester 30 
			 Merseyside 9 
			 Derbyshire 5 
			 Leicestershire 5 
			 Lincolnshire 8 
			 Northamptonshire 7 
			 Nottinghamshire 4 
			 Durham 9 
			 Teesside 14 
			 Northumbria 0 
			 Hampshire 13 
			 Kent 16 
			 Surrey 4 
			 Sussex 16 
			 Thames Valley 18 
			 Humberside 5 
			 North Yorkshire 0 
			 South Yorkshire 8 
			 West Yorkshire 14 
			 Staffordshire 4 
			 Warwickshire 3 
			 West Mercia 0 
			 West Midlands 25 
			 London 95 
			 London Cohort 7 (AB) 21 
			 Dyfed-Powys 8 
			 Gwent 14 
			 North Wales 9 
			 South Wales 20 
			 Total 488 
			   
			  Regions  
			 South West 46 
			 Eastern 47 
			 North West 50 
			 East Midlands 29 
			 North East 23 
			 South East 67 
			 Yorks  Humber 27 
			 West Midlands 32 
			 London 116 
			 Wales 51 
			 Total 488

Supreme Court: Costs

Theresa May: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what the total estimated cost is of the establishment of the Supreme Court; and how much is expected to be spent on  (a) design,  (b) building work and  (c) financial management.

Harriet Harman: As announced on 14 June 2007, the estimated set-up costs for establishing a Supreme Court are 56.9 million. The building work will cost 36.7 million, which will be paid for by an annual lease charge of 2.1 million over 30 years. Both these amounts are within original estimates. The additional 20.2 million covers professional adviser fees, programme team costs, furniture, IT services and library costs. Of that 20.2 million, 2.6 million are design costs associated with the renovation of the UK Supreme Court.
	The set-up costs of the Supreme Court will be met through the Ministry's allocated budget.

Apprenticeships

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the success rates are for the complete framework of  (a) further education,  (b) adult and community learning,  (c) school sixth forms and  (d) work-based learning for (i) post-16, (ii) 16 to 18 and (ii) over 18-year-olds for Levels 1 to 3 qualifications for each year between 2000 and 2006.

Bill Rammell: holding answer 30 January 2007
	 The following table shows success rates in further education (FE) and work based learning (WBL) from 2000/01 to 2004/05. These data were published in the Statistical First Release, Further Education and Work Based LearningLearner Outcomes in England for the relevant year.
	
		
			   2000/01  2001/02  2002/03  2003/04  2004/05  2005/06 
			  FE   
			  All levels   
			 16-18 58 63 66 69 72 75 
			 19+ 59 65 68 72 75 77 
			 All ages 59 65 68 71 74 76 
			
			  Level 1   
			 16-18 51 53 56 61 64 69 
			 19+ 48 50 55 59 61 64 
			 All ages 49 51 55 59 62 62 
			
			  Level 2   
			 16-18 51 53 55 60 64 68 
			 19+ 46 49 50 54 60 65 
			 All ages 48 51 52 56 61 67 
			
			  Level 3   
			 16-18 60 68 70 72 75 77 
			 19+ 46 50 51 53 58 63 
			 All ages 56 62 64 67 71 74 
			
			  WBL   
			  Apprenticeship   
			 16-18  31 37 36 41 56 
			 19+  21 27 29 34 50 
			 All ages  26 32 32 38 53 
			
			  Advanced Apprenticeship   
			 16-18  24 25 31 41 54 
			 19+  19 22 29 40 53 
			 All ages  22 24 30 40 53 
		
	
	Learner data for school sixth forms is currently not collected on the LSC's ILR, so success rates can not be calculated. However, statisticians in the Department and the LSC are working to collect data which will enable the calculation of these success rates; a date for publication has not yet been agreed.
	Success rates are not calculated for ACL.

Family Intervention Project

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Family Intervention Project.

Meg Munn: In 2004 Communities and Local Government commissioned a two year evaluation of six Intensive Family Support Projects which pioneered new says of working with families at risk of eviction as a result of antisocial behaviour. The evaluation found that in more than eight out of ten families (85 per cent.), at the point at which they exited the projects, complaints about antisocial behaviour had ceased or reduced and tenancies were stabilised resulting in a reduction in the risk of homelessness. Two further pieces of research have been commissioned. One will track a sample of families who worked with the six Intensive Family Support Projects and the other will be on the study that helped inform roll-out of the 53 Family Intervention Projects which the Government announced in April. The findings of both studies (in the case of the second piece, the first stage of the project) will be published later in the year.

Smoking: Public Places

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's most recent estimate is of the cost of the public smoking ban to local authorities in England; and what funding is being provided to councils.

Caroline Flint: I have been asked to reply.
	The anticipated costs and benefits of smokefree legislation is set out in the Departments final Regulatory Impact Assessment published in December 2006. Copies are available in the Library.
	I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 5 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1698W, for details on funding for local authorities.
	The Government provide funding for local authorities' new responsibilities to build compliance and, where necessary, enforce smokefree legislation under the principles of the New Burdens Doctrine by way of a non-ringfenced grant. The grant has been made in line with the Government's commitment to provide freedom for local authorities in the allocation of their budgets.

Departments: Sign Language

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the merits of providing British sign language (BSL) videos on his departmental website for the benefit of those whose first language is BSL.

Anne McGuire: DWP does not currently provide BSL videos on its departmental website and we have made only informal assessment of its merit.
	The Department's Standard for Accessible Written Information, based on the Disability Discrimination Act, requires reasonable adjustment to be made when meeting requests for alternative formats. This means that DWP does not have to make everything available in every accessible format where to do so would involve excessive cost or significant practical problems.
	We have provided information products in BSL on DVD or video; however we have to evaluate its cost effectiveness on a case-by-case basis.
	We recently looked at the accessibility of information to disabled people across all channels. We are now working to a defined set of standards, and will keep these under review.

Jobseeker's Allowance

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2007,  Official Report, column 809W, 
	(1)  on jobseeker's allowance, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claims were processed in  (a) one to 21 working days and  (b) more than 22 working days in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the last 24 months;
	(2)  on incapacity benefit, what proportion of incapacity benefit claims were processed in  (a) one to 21 working days,  (b) more than 22 working days,  (c) more than 41 working days and  (d) one to 40 working days in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) each of the last 24 months.

Jim Murphy: holding answers 15 June 2007
	The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus, Lesley Strathie. I have asked her to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
	 Letter from Mel Groves, dated 19 June 2007:
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your questions about the proportion of Jobseeker's Allowance claims processed in one to 21 working days and more than 22 working days in each of the last five years and each of the last 24 months, and the proportion of Incapacity Benefit claims processed in one to 21 working days, more than 22 working days, more than 41 working days and one to 40 working days in each of the last five years and each of the last 24 months. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to Lesley Strathie as Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. I am replying on her behalf as Acting Chief Executive.
	The information is not available in the format requested. The information that is available is contained in the following tables.
	
		
			  Jobseeker's allowance, percentage of claims processed from April 2006 to May2007 
			   Percentage of jobseeker's allowance claims processed in: 
			   One to 21 days  22 days and over 
			  2006   
			 April 81.2 18.8 
			 May 79.9 20.1 
			 June 81.0 19.0 
			 July 82.9 17.1 
			 August 80.6 19.4 
			 September 82.1 17.9 
			 October 83.0 17.0 
			 November 84.3 15.7 
			 December 86.7 13.3 
			
			  2007   
			 January 87.6 12.4 
			 February 86.6 13.4 
			 March 87.6 12.4 
			 April 88.7 11.3 
			 May 88.2 11.8 
		
	
	
		
			  Incapacity benefit, percentage of claims processed from April 2006 to May 2007 
			   Percentage of incapacity benefit claims processed in: 
			   One to 10 days  11 days and over  One to 40 days  41 days and over 
			  2006 
			 April 51.0 49.0 91.3 8.7 
			 May 49.1 50.9 90.9 9.1 
			 June 48.1 51.9 91.0 9.0 
			 July 51.3 48.7 91.3 8.7 
			 August 52.2 47.8 91.5 8.5 
			 September 51.9 48.1 92.8 7.2 
			 October 54.9 45.1 92.6 7.4 
			 November 56.3 43.7 92.8 7.2 
			 December 58.7 41.3 93.6 6.4 
			  
			  2007 
			 January 54.1 45.9 91.8 8.2 
			 February 59.4 40.6 92.3 7.7 
			 March 61.6 38.4 93.3 6.7 
			 April 60.6 39.4 92.9 7.1 
			 May 59.9 40.1 93.1 6.9 
		
	
	We cannot identify the proportion of Incapacity Benefit claims processed in one to 21 working days or in more than 22 working days. In addition, we cannot identify the proportion of Jobseeker's Allowance or Incapacity Benefit claims processed in specific time bands for any period before April 2006.

Lone Parents: Social Security Benefits

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in West Lancashire constituency were registered for lone parents' benefit in the financial year ending March  (a) 1997 and  (b) 2007.

Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Lone parents in receipt of income support 
			   West Lancashire parliamentary constituency 
			 November 1997 1,700 
			 November 2006 1,210 
			  Notes: 1. Latest available data is for November 2006. 2. For comparative purposes, earlier data has been provided for November rather than March 1997. 3. Data sources have changed over time; 1997 data is taken from five per cent. samples, and 2006 data is taken from 100 per cent. samples. 4. Five per cent. data has been rounded to the nearest hundred; 100 per cent. data has been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source: Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

New Deal for Disabled People

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people registered with the new deal for disabled people in each year since 2001.

Jim Murphy: The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  New deal for disabled people 
			   Number of people registering with a job broker 
			 2001 5,810 
			 2002 24,620 
			 2003 30,710 
			 2004 49,100 
			 2005 59,510 
			 2006 63,050 
			  Notes: 1. Data for 2001 is from July 2001 when the programme began. 2. Latest complete year data is to December 2006.  Source:  New Deal Evaluation Database, Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.

New Deal for Disabled People

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people entered  (a) employment and  (b) sustainable employment from the New Deal for Disabled People in each year since 2001.

Jim Murphy: holding answer 13 June 2007
	The information is in the following table.
	
		
			  New Deal for Disabled People 
			   People gaining a job( 1)  Of which, gained a sustained job( 2) 
			 2001(3) 1,000 910 
			 2002 8,190 5,260 
			 2003 16,240 9,550 
			 2004 29,520 18,120 
			 2005 37,750 20,630 
			 (1). Includes people gaining a job through an NDDP Job Broker and those who are also registered with an NDDP Job Broker but who gain a job through a Jobcentre Plus Adviser.  (2). Only includes those gaining work through an NDDP Job Broker as a sustainability measure is only available from jobs obtained through an NDDP Job Broker.  (3). Data is from July 2001.   Notes:  1. Latest complete year data is for 2005.  2. An NDDP job is regarded as sustained when a person who has been placed into work through an NDDP Job Broker remains in work for 13 out of 39 weeks. Prior to October 2003, an NDDP job was regarded as sustained when a person, placed into work through an NDDP Job Broker, remained in work for 26 out of 39 weeks.   Source:  New Deal Evaluation Database, Information Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.

Crown Estate: Electric Cables

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  how much revenue the Crown Estate collected from charges levied on cables crossing its land in each year since 2004; and how much the Crown Estate charged per kilometre of cable laid  (a) on the seabed and  (b) over ground in each year since 2004;
	(2)  how much the Crown Estate received in rent from business based in  (a) Orkney and  (b) Shetland in each of the last three years.

John Healey: The figures are as follows:
	
		
			  000 
			   2004-05  2005-06 
			 Land based cables 1,242 976 
			 Seabed cables 5,454 5,530 
			
			  Rent from businesses   
			 Orkney 147 173 
			 Shetland 971 615 
		
	
	Financial information for 2006-07 is not yet available.
	Under the British Telecom Master Wayleave Agreement, rents for cables are charged as lump sums per year, and are not charged by length.

Departments: Africa

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2007,  Official Report, column 1742W, on Departments: Africa, what the name of the hotel or other accommodation was which he occupied in each location.

John Healey: The Chancellor stayed locally when he visited Dar Es Salaam, Maputo, Johannesburg and Cape Town. It is not the practice of this or previous administrations to disclose details of ministerial accommodation.

Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles

David Cameron: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vehicles there were in each band for which Vehicle Excise Duty was paid in the latest period for which figures are available.

John Healey: The Department for Transport annual publishes vehicle licensing statistics which are broken down into vehicle category. This is available at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/vehicles/licensing/
	The department is planning to publish the latest 2006 statistics towards the end of this month.

Finance: Disadvantaged

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to promote financial literacy among socially excluded groups.

Edward Balls: The Government have taken significant steps to promote financial literacy for socially excluded groups. For example, in November 2006, the Department for Education and Skills revised the Sure Start Children's Centre good practice guidance to encourage Children's Centres to offer more financial education for parents. The Government also promotes financial skills for adults with poor literacy and numeracy through its 'Skills for Life' strategy and through the National Reducing Re-offending Delivery Plan, which has a commitment to address financial literacy for offenders.
	Integrating financial literacy across a range of public services, particularly those aimed at the most vulnerable, is one of the Government's long term aspirations set out in Financial Capability: the Government's long-term approach, which was published in January 2007.
	The Government have also asked. Otto Thoresen, Chief Executive of AEGON UK, to design a national approach to generic financial advice. The Thoresen review terms of reference place particular emphasis on meeting the needs of those most vulnerable to the consequences of poor financial decision-making, including socially excluded groups.
	The Government will publish an action plan on financial capability, including the outcome of the Thoresen review, early next year.
	The Government also continues to tackle financial exclusionpromoting access to banking and other financial services, affordable credit and money advice. As part of the Government's financial inclusion strategy, the Department of Work and Pensions' 5.4 million Now Let's Talk Money campaign is working through trusted intermediariessuch as housing associations, community groups and charitiesto provide financially excluded people with the information, advice and support they need to take up financial services products.

Home Responsibilities Protection

Steve Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls his Department has received on the 0845 302 1479 inquiry line since it was established; and how many of these calls have resulted in the issuing of form CF411 to claim home responsibilities protection.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 14 June 2007
	Information in terms of volumes is not available prior to 10 April 2005. Between 10 April 2005 and 31 May 2007 inclusive this line received around 1.4 million calls.
	Data is not available on the number of calls that resulted in the issue of form CF411.

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

David Lidington: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
	(1)  where the call centres are located which handle calls to the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs;
	(2)  whether the telephone system used by the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs is capable of recording  (a) the average waiting time before a call from a member of the public is answered and  (b) whether a call has been automatically terminated before being answered; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what benchmarks he uses to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs in providing a service to the public.

Dawn Primarolo: HMRC do not operate a single national helpline and the information is therefore not available in the format requested. HMRC operates a network of contact centres at some 22 separate locations throughout Great Britain and this network currently supports over 30 separate helplines and lines of business.
	The management information available on helpline operations depends on the line of business that the helpline supports.

Abortion: Legislation

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what recent discussions  (a) she,  (b) Ministers in her Department and  (c) officials have had with the British Medical Association on possible amendments on abortion to the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  what recent representations she has received from  (a) hon. Members and  (b) members of the public on possible amendments on abortion to the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill; what response she has given; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: The Secretary of State for Health, Health Ministers and officials have had no recent discussions with the British Medical Association about possible amendments on abortion to the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill, and no such recent representations have been received from hon. Members or members of the public.
	It is accepted parliamentary practice that proposals for changes in the law on abortion have come from backbench members and that decisions are made on the basis of free votes. The Government have no plans to change the law on abortion.

Cannabis: Research

David Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what licences are current for research into possible medicinal uses of cannabis; what assessment she has made of the progress being made with each research project; and when the results of the research will be available.

Caroline Flint: Over the last 10 years, the main part of the Department's total expenditure on health research, has been devolved to and managed by the national health service organisations. Details of individual NHS supported research projects including a number concerned with the medicinal use of cannabis derivatives are available on the national research register at www.dh.gov.uk/research.
	A total of 50 clinical trials involving extracts of cannabis, cannabis based medicines or cannabis derived medicines have been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency since July 1999. The Agency does not have information on when the results from these trials will be available.

Childbirth

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether an assessment has been made of the impact of payment by results on  (a) the number of home births,  (b) the number of caesarean sections and (c) the national choice guarantees made in her Department's Maternity Matters strategy for maternity services as referred to in the answer of 18 April 20006,  Official Report, column 230W, on maternity services.

Andy Burnham: There has been no formal assessment to date of the impact of payment by results on the number of home births, caesarean sections or national choice guarantees made in the Maternity Matters strategy.
	However, the Maternity Matters strategy makes clear that a tariff for home births is needed to support the national choice guarantees. Both 'Maternity Matters and the Options for the Future of Payment by Results: 2008-09 to 2010-11' consultation document, published on 15 March 2007, commit the Government to achieving this. Clinical experts are also being consulted, to ensure that payment by results pays a price that more appropriately reflects costs in maternity services.
	Copies of the consultation document have been placed in the Library.

Doctors: Training

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings she has held with the British Medical Association on the operation of the medical training application system.

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the British Medical Association to evaluate the selection process for junior doctors.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 7 March 2007
	My right. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health met representatives from the British Medical Association (BMA) on 28 February and 14 March.
	The Secretary of State and my noble Friend the Minister of State (Lord Hunt) also met Dr. Sam Everington, Deputy Chairman of Council, Dr. Jo Hilborne, chair, Junior Doctor's Committee, Dr Jonathan Fielden, chair, Consultants Committee and Ms Sally Watson, director of representational and political activities on 24 May.
	In addition the Secretary of State had phone calls with the BMA on 8 March, 9 and 16 May.
	Lord Hunt met James Johnson, chairman of the BMA on 2 May.
	There have also been a series of official level meetings with representatives from the BMA on modernising medical careers (MMC) since 1 February.
	The selection process for MMC, including the medical training application system computer system, were discussed at all of these meetings and phone calls.

Drugs: Health Education

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the results of the evaluation of the drugs awareness campaign Frank Brain Warehouse will be published; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: Evaluation of the FRANK drugs information campaign is conducted annually to track awareness and impact of FRANK messages to young people. Research fieldwork for the campaign year ending 31 March has been completed and the data is currently being analysed. This data will include measures of the effectiveness of the Brain Warehouse advertising campaign, the prime objective of which was to communicate to young people how the regular use of cannabis can lead to mental health problems. A summary of the full campaign evaluation will be published on www.drugs.gov.uk in the week commencing 16 July 2007.

Drugs: Misuse

John Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the adequacy of primary care trust commissioning plans with relation to the treatment of addictions.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 18 June 2007
	Primary care trusts (PCTs) are expected to commission services based on the needs of their local population. As part of this the needs of individuals who have a form of addiction should be a component of a PCTs commissioning plan. Strategic health authorities are responsible for the performance management of PCTs.

General Practitioners: Eastern Region

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many  (a) general practitioner surgeries and  (b) single-handed general practitioner surgeries there were in (i) Suffolk, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) Cambridgeshire, (iv) Essex, (v) Hertfordshire, (vi) Norfolk and (vii) England in each year since 1997.

Andy Burnham: The information requested is not available in the format requested. However, information is available by strategic health authority (SHA)/primary care trust (PCT) area. Table one includes information relating to general practitioner (GP) practices in the former SHAs and PCTs in the east of England area up to September 2005. Table two provides information on GP practices for the reconfigured SHA and PCT areas for 2006.
	
		
			  General practitioner (GP) partnerships and single handed GP providers( 1)  for specified organisations, 1997 to 2005 
			 1997  1998  1999 
			 GP partnerships  Single handed GP provider  GP partnerships  Single handed GP provider  GP partnerships  Single handed GP provi der 
			  England   9,102 2,817 9,090 2,779 9,034 2,721 
			  
			 001  Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire  308 42 308 41 306 37 
			  
			  5A2 Norwich PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5AF North Peterborough PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  SAG South Peterborough PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5CY West Norfolk PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5G1 Southern Norfolk PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GF Huntingdonshire PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GT Great Yarmouth Teaching PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JH Cambridge City PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JJ South Cambridgeshire PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JK East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JL Broadland PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JM North Norfolk PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JQ Ipswich PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JR Suffolk Coastal PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JT Central Suffolk PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JV Waveney PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JW Suffolk West PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  
			 Q02  Bedford and Hertfordshire  238 54 239 58 232 48 
			  
			  5CP Hertsmere PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GC Luton PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GD Bedford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GE Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GG Welwyn Hatfield PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GH North Hertfordshire and Stevenage PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GJ South East Hertfordshire PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GK Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GV Watford and Three Rivers PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GW Dacorum PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GX St. Albans and Harpenden PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  
			 Q03  Essex  284 96 286 97 285 100 
			  
			  5AH Tendring PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5AJ Epping Forest PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5AK Southend on Sea PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5DC Harlow PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GL Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GM Colchester PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GN Uttlesford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GP Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GQ Thurrock PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5GR Basildon PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JN Chelmsford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  5JP Castle Point and Rochford PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
			  TAG Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	
		
			 2000  2001  2002 
			 GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider  GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider  GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider 
			  England   8,965 2,662 8,910 2,626 8,833 2,566 
			  
			 001  Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire  308 39 309 44 301 37 
			  
			  5A2 Norwich PCT n/a n/a 19 2 19 2 
			  5AF North Peterborough PCT n/a n/a 20 8 18 5 
			  SAG South Peterborough PCT n/a n/a 13 2 14 4 
			  5CY West Norfolk PCT n/a n/a 21  21 1 
			  5G1 Southern Norfolk PCT n/a n/a 26 2 25 1 
			  5GF Huntingdonshire PCT n/a n/a 25 4 26 5 
			  5GT Great Yarmouth Teaching PCT n/a n/a 12 2 12 1 
			  5JH Cambridge City PCT n/a n/a 18 1 18  
			  5JJ South Cambridgeshire PCT n/a n/a 16 1 17 2 
			  5JK East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT n/a n/a 18 2 17 1 
			  5JL Broadland PCT n/a n/a 15 2 14 1 
			  5JM North Norfolk PCT n/a n/a 13 2 13 2 
			  5JQ Ipswich PCT n/a n/a 18 4 17 4 
			  5JR Suffolk Coastal PCT n/a n/a 15 2 14 1 
			  5JT Central Suffolk PCT n/a n/a 15 5 14 4 
			  5JV Waveney PCT n/a n/a 16 2 15 1 
			  5JW Suffolk West PCT n/a n/a 29 3 27 2 
			  
			 Q02  Bedford and Hertfordshire  233 52 231 54 230 52 
			  
			  5CP Hertsmere PCT n/a n/a 13 4 13 4 
			  5GC Luton PCT n/a n/a 35 12 35 14 
			  5GD Bedford PCT n/a n/a 24 6 24 4 
			  5GE Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT n/a n/a 33 6 33 6 
			  5GG Welwyn Hatfield PCT n/a n/a 8  8  
			  5GH North Hertfordshire and Stevenage PCT n/a n/a 22 4 22 2 
			  5GJ South East Hertfordshire PCT n/a n/a 24 4 24 4 
			  5GK Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford PCT n/a n/a 9 2 9 2 
			  5GV Watford and Three Rivers PCT n/a n/a 28 8 27 8 
			  5GW Dacorum PCT n/a n/a 21 7 21 8 
			  5GX St Albans and Harpenden PCT n/a n/a 14 1 14  
			  
			 Q03  Essex  289 106 279 96 275 93 
			  
			  5AH Tendring PCT n/a n/a 21 5 22 7 
			  5A3 Epping Forest PCT n/a n/a 18 4 18 4 
			  5AK Southend on Sea PCT n/a n/a 39 23 38 23 
			  5DC Harlow PCT n/a n/a 11 3 10 1 
			  5GL Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT n/a n/a 15 5 15 5 
			  5GM Colchester PCT n/a n/a 23 4 23 4 
			  5GN Uttlesford PCT n/a n/a 11  11  
			  5GP Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford PCT n/a n/a 22 8 22 9 
			  5GQ Thurrock PCT n/a n/a 33 19 31 16 
			  5GR Basildon PCT n/a n/a 22 8 21 7 
			  53N Chelmsford PCT n/a n/a 17 3 17 3 
			  53P Castle Point and Rochford PCT n/a n/a 28 12 27 11 
			  TAG Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust n/a n/a 19 2 20 3 
		
	
	
		
			 2003  2004  2005 
			 GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider  GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider  GP  partnerships  Single handed  GP  provider 
			  England   8,833 2,578 8,542 2,285 8,451 2,176 
			  
			 Q01  Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire  303 38 300 31 298 24 
			  
			  5A2 Norwich PCT 19 2 17 1 18 2 
			  5AF North Peterborough PCT 18 6 18 5 18 6 
			  SAG South Peterborough PCT 14 4 15 4 15 4 
			  5CY West Norfolk PCT 22 2 23 2 22  
			  5G1 Southern Norfolk PCT 26 1 26 2 26 1 
			  5GF Huntingdonshire PCT 24 3 23 2 23 1 
			  5GT Great Yarmouth Teaching PCT 11 1 11 1 12 2 
			  5JH Cambridge City PCT 19 2 17 1 17 1 
			  5JJ South Cambridgeshire PCT 17 2 17 2 17 1 
			  5JK East Cambridgeshire and Fenland PCT 17 1 18 1 18 1 
			  5JL Broadland PCT 14  14  14  
			  5JM North Norfolk PCT 13 2 13 1 12  
			  5JQ Ipswich PCT 18 2 19 3 18 2 
			  5JR Suffolk Coastal PCT 14 1 14 1 14 1 
			  5JT Central Suffolk PCT 14 4 12 1 12 1 
			  5JV Waveney PCT 15 2 15 2 15 1 
			  5JW Suffolk West PCT 28 3 28 2 27  
			  
			 Q02  Bedford and Hertfordshire  232 54 231 52 227 48 
			  
			  5CP Hertsmere PCT 13 4 12 3 10 1 
			  5GC Luton PCT 36 15 36 15 35 14 
			  5GD Bedford PCT 26 8 28 9 28 8 
			  5GE Bedfordshire Heartlands PCT 32 5 33 6 32 5 
			  5GG Welwyn Hatfield PCT 8  8  8  
			  5GH North Hertfordshire and Stevenage PCT 21 2 21 2 21 3 
			  5GJ South East Hertfordshire PCT 25 2 24 2 24 1 
			  5GK Royston, Buntingford and Bishop's Stortford PCT 9 1 9  9 1 
			  5GV Watford and Three Rivers PCT 27 8 28 9 28 10 
			  5GW Dacorum PCT 21 9 19 6 19 5 
			  5GX St. Albans And Harpenden PCT 14  13  13  
			  
			 Q03  Essex  275 102 273 106 277 95 
			  
			  5AH Tendring PCT 20 5 20 6 20 4 
			  5AJ Epping Forest PCT 18 5 18 6 18 5 
			  5AK Southend on Sea PCT 38 24 38 25 39 24 
			  5DC Harlow PCT 12 4 10 3 10 1 
			  5GL Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT 14 5 15 5 15 5 
			  5GM Colchester PCT 23 4 24 7 24 3 
			  
			  5GN Uttlesford PCT 11  11  11  
			  5GP Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford PCT 21 8 20 7 21 8 
			  5GQ Thurrock PCT 34 20 32 19 32 17 
			  5GR Basildon PCT 22 9 23 11 25 13 
			  5JN Chelmsford PCT 17 3 16 2 15 1 
			  5JP Castle Point and Rochford PCT 27 12 27 11 28 10 
			  TAG Witham, Braintree and Halstead Care Trust 18 3 19 4 19 4 
			 n/a = data not available (1) A single handed GP Provider is one who has no partners, although a GP Other, GP Registrar or GP Retainer may work in the practice  Note: Data as at 1 October 1997 to 1999 and 30 September 2000 to 2005  Source: The Information Centre for health and social care general and personal medical services statistics 
		
	
	
		
			  General practitioner (GP) Partnerships and single handed GP Providers( 1)  for specified organisations, as at 30 September 2006 
			 2006 
			 GP Partnerships  Single Handed GP Providers 
			  England   8,325 2,222 
			  
			 Q35  East of England  778 173 
			  
			  5GC Luton PCT 33 12 
			  5P1 South East Essex PCT 65 34 
			  5P2 Bedfordshire PCT 57 12 
			  5P3 East  North Hertfordshire PCT 62 5 
			  5P4 West Hertfordshire PCT 69 15 
			  5PN Peterborough PCT 27 9 
			  5PP Cambridgeshire PCT 74 4 
			  5PQ Norfolk PCT 92 3 
			  5PR Great Yarmouth  Waveney PCT 26 4 
			  5PT Suffolk PCT 71 5 
			  5PV West Essex PCT 38 10 
			  5PW North East Essex PCT 42 12 
			  5PX Mid Essex PCT 48 11 
			  SPY South West Essex PCT 74 37 
			 (1 )A single handed GP Provider is one who has no partners, although a GP Other, GP Registrar or GP Retainer may work in the practice.  Source: The Information Centre for health and social care general and personal medical services statistics

Independent Reconfiguration Panel

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  whether she plans to make rulings of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel binding;
	(2)  if she will make it her policy to allow local overview and scrutiny committees to refer plans to reconfigure local NHS services directly to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel.

Andy Burnham: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) is an advisory non-departmental public body. The panel provides advice to ministers on proposals for national health service change in England that have been referred to the Secretary of State by overview and scrutiny committees (OSCs).
	The Government's response to the recent Health Select Committee report on patient and public involvement in the NHS states:
	it is for the Secretary of State to determine when she wishes to seek independent advice from the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP).
	The IRP is also available to provide informal advice to organisations involved in developing proposals for NHS service change and is contacted each year by a number of NHS organisations, OSCs and other interested parties. In its informal role, the panel supports organisations in developing proposals for NHS service change and implementing good practice, thereby avoiding cases being contested and referred formally to the Secretary of State at a later date.
	There are no plans to change the arrangements for handling referrals to the Secretary of State, nor the role of the IRP.

IVF

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts on the provision of at least one cycle of IVF treatment in the case of individuals who meet the appropriate criteria for treatment; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  what work has been undertaken between her Department and the Infertility Network UK to improve the extent of IVF treatment provision in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement;
	(3)  whether she intends to review the operation of the social access criteria in the provision of IVF treatment by primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement;
	(4)  how many primary care trusts in England will provide  (a) one,  (b) more than one and  (c) no cycle of IVF treatment to patients meeting the criteria for treatment; and if she will make a statement;
	(5)  what recent estimate has been made of the effect of primary care trust deficits on the local provision of IVF treatment to eligible patients; and if she will make a statement;
	(6)  whether she plans to publish a written response to the recent findings of the Infertility Network UK questionnaire to primary care trusts; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: In welcoming the clinical guideline published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in 2004, we advised that the Department would be looking to primary care trusts (PCTs) who provided no in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to meet a minimum level of one cycle of IVF by April 2005, and to make progress to the full implementation of the guideline in the longer term. We are funding the patient support organisation Infertility Network UK (I N UK) to help primary care trusts share best practice and engage with fertility patients in the planning and prioritisation of fertility services. The questionnaire issued to PCTs by I N UK will help to inform that work and we are discussing the findings with them. The primary responsibility for the provision of fertility services, including the application of social access criteria, rests with the national health service at local level and we have not collected data centrally. The need to restore financial balance has meant that a small number of primary care trusts have suspended the provision of IVF, and the reinstatement of the service is matter for them, taking account of local circumstances.

Learning Disabilities: Life Expectancy

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the cost of a confidential inquiry into mortality of people with learning disabilities as suggested in Valuing People in 2001; and what assessment she has made of the merits of an inquiry into understanding and addressing health outcomes for people with a learning disability.

Ivan Lewis: Valuing People included a commitment to explore the feasibility of establishing a confidential inquiry into mortality among people with a learning disability.
	The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) was commissioned by the Department to carry out this scoping study and did so during 2005-06. The NPSA presented the Department with a number of scenarios for carrying out a confidential inquiry, with estimated costs ranging between 2 million and 5 million over a three-year period.
	Since that work was carried out, the Department has established an independent inquiry into the deaths of the six people named in Mencap's report, Death by Indifference. In addition to the six cases, the independent inquiry will be identifying the action required to ensure that people with learning disabilities receive appropriate health care. The findings and recommendations of that inquiry will be used to inform a decision on whether to take forward a full confidential inquiry into mortality.

Midwives: Training

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average annual cost was to the public purse of training a midwifery student in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: The estimated average tuition costs for training midwifery students in each year since 1997-98 are shown in the following table, although the data collected has been based on different methodologies, therefore making comparisons difficult.
	
		
			  Average midwifery tuition costs from 1997-98 to 2007-08 
			  Financial year  Average midwifery tuition costs () 
			 1997-98 (1,)( )(2)4,688 
			 1998-99 (1)5,375 
			 1999-2000 5,430 
			 2000-01 5,877 
			 2001-02 6,051 
			 2002-03 6,315 
			 2003-04 6,649 
			 2004-05 (2)6,489 
			 2005-06 (2)6,442 
			 2006-07 (3)7,632 
			 2007-08 (3)7,838 
			 (1) 1997-98 and 1998-99 figures are calculated using estimated bursary rates. (2) 1997-98, 2004-05 and 2005-06 are forecasts (actual outturn was only collected from 1999 onwards and the last data collected was in November 2004 covering 2003-04 outturn). (3) 2006-07 and 2007-08 figures are taken from the Benchmark Price . 
		
	
	In addition to tuition costs, midwifery trainees are entitled to either a bursary or salary support funding. The bursaries in 2007-08 outside London are 6,372 for diploma students and 2,231 for degree students.
	Students may be entitled to other payments such as allowances for dependant children and the cost of national health service employees seconded onto midwifery training programmes will include a proportion of their salary costs.

Musculoskeletal Disorders

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what outcomes data underpins the musculoskeletal system problems (excluding trauma) category of the National Programme Budgeting Database; what proportion of expenditure in the category is covered by those outcomes; and whether additional outcome measures for musculoskeletal system problems are planned.

Andy Burnham: At present, no health outcomes data are provided in the musculoskeletal system problems section of the programme budgeting database. Two potential outcomes measures are under consideration for this programme, death within 30 days of admission and emergency readmission to hospital within 28 days of discharge.

Prescriptions: Carlisle

Eric Martlew: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for  (a) diamorphine and  (b) methadone were dispensed in Carlisle constituency in each year since 2003; and if she will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: The information is not available in the requested format. The data provided in the following tables is for the number of items prescribed for diamorphine hydrochloride and methadone hydrochloride in the former Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Cumbria PCT (after October 2006).
	
		
			  Diamorphine hydrochloride (British National Formulary (BNF) codes 3.9.1 and 4.7.2) 
			   Prescriber name  Total items diamorphine hydrochloride 
			 2003 Carlisle and District PCT 467 
			 2004 Carlisle and District PCT 489 
			 2005 Carlisle and District PCT 343 
			 2006 Carlisle and District PCT 292 
			 2006 Cumbria PCT(1) 424 
		
	
	
		
			  Methadone hydrochloride (British National Formulary codes 3.9.1 and 4.7.2 and 4.10) 
			   Prescriber name  Total items methadone hydrochloride 
			 2003 Carlisle and District PCT 1,436 
			 2004 Carlisle and District PCT 1,466 
			 2005 Carlisle and District PCT 1,622 
			 2006 Carlisle and District PCT 1,331 
			 2006 Cumbria PCT(1) 4,342 
			 (1) Cumbria PCT was formed in October 2006 and consists of Carlisle and District PCT, Eden Valley PCT, West Cumbria PCT and part of Morecambe Bay PCT. 
		
	
	 ePACT Data
	This information was obtained from the prescribing analysis and cost tool (PACT) system, which covers prescriptions prescribed by general practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and others in England and dispensed in the community in the United Kingdom. For data at PCT level, prescriptions written by a prescriber located in a particular PCT but dispensed outside that PCT will be included in the PCT in which the prescriber is based. Prescriptions written in England but dispensed outside England are included. Prescriptions written in hospitals/clinics that are dispensed in the community, prescriptions dispensed in hospitals and private prescriptions are not included in PACT data. It is important to note this as some BNF sections have a high proportion of prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community.
	For example, BNF chapter 4, Central Nervous System, has a fair proportion of items written in mental health clinics that are dispensed in the communitythese prescriptions are not included in PACT data.
	 Prescription items
	Prescriptions are written on a prescription form known as a FP10. Each single item written on the form is counted as a prescription item.
	 PCT level data
	A PCT will only appear in the PACT system if a prescription has been made within the time period that the data spans. Hence, the total number of PCTs will vary for different BNF chapters/sections. Blank fields are indicative of PCTs which have ceased to exist (or come into existence) either because they have merged with one or more other PCTs or have been officially renamed during the time period for which data has been requested.
	The sum of the data for all PCTs does not equal the total England figure, because the total England figure includes unidentified Doctors (not possible for the Prescriptions Pricing Division to allocate to a PCT).
	 BNF classifications
	The prescription cost analysis system uses the therapeutic classifications defined in the BNF. No information on why a drug is prescribed is available and since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition it is impossible to separate the different conditions that a drug was prescribed for.

Smoking

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines have been issued on how funding allocated to local authorities for extra activity brought about by the smoking ban should be spent.

Caroline Flint: The anticipated costs and benefits of smokefree legislation is set out in the Departments final Regulatory Impact Assessment published in December 2006. Copies are available in the Library.
	I refer the hon. member to the answer given on 5 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1698W for details on funding for local authorities.
	The Government provide funding for local authorities' new responsibilities to build compliance and, where necessary, enforce smokefree legislation under the principles of the New Burdens Doctrine by way of a non-ringfenced grant. The grant has been made in line with the Government's commitment to provide freedom for local authorities in the allocation of their budgets.

X-rays

John Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of strategic health authority mergers on  (a) access to and  (b) use of, the 3 million capital allocation to purchase dual X-ray absorptiometry scans from the private sector; and if she will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: The Department has not made an assessment of the impact of strategic health authority mergers on the access to, and use of, the 3 million capital allocation to purchase dual X-ray absorptiometry scans from the private sector. The Department no longer views the detailed monitoring of cash allocations as the best way forward. Instead, we are focussing on benefits to patients and the national health service, and in terms of DEXA scanning this has meant activity to reduce waiting times.
	Information on how many people are waiting for a range of diagnostic tests, and for how long they are waiting has been published since January 2006. It is available at:
	www.performance.doh.gov.uk.
	It shows that the number of people waiting more than 13 weeks for a DEXA scan has fallen from 9,356 in January 2006 to just 683 in April 2007, including a fall in the number of people waiting over 26 weeks from 3,837 to 14.

Asylum: Bassetlaw

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers are living in Bassetlaw constituency.

Liam Byrne: Statistics on the location of asylum seekers in the UK are linked to the available information on the support that the asylum seeker receives.
	As at the end of March 2007, there were no asylum seekers recorded as receiving asylum support in the Bassetlaw constituency. This figure excludes those asylum seekers who are living in the Bassetlaw constituency but are not receiving support from Border and Immigration Agency.
	The numbers of asylum seekers in receipt of support from Border and Immigration Agency, broken down by Government office region and local authority, are published on a quarterly and annual basis. Copies of these publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
	Further breakdowns, of those in receipt of support from Border and Immigration Agency, by parliamentary constituency are also available from the Library of the House.

Asylum: Deportation

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people against whom removal proceedings were commenced were detained in an immigration centre prior to their removal in each month of the last two years; and what percentage this represents of the total number of people against whom removal proceedings were commenced in each month.

John Reid: The accompanying tables show the number of persons recorded as leaving detention solely under Immigration Act powers in order to be removed from the UK in 2005 and in each of the first three quarters of 2006.
	Data on the total number of persons against whom removal proceedings were commenced is not available; it could be obtained through examination of individual records only at disproportionate cost.
	Copies of statistics publications are available from the Home Office's Research, Development and Statistics website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds.
	
		
			  Persons recorded as leaving detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers, 2005, by reason for leaving detention( 1,2,6)  (excluding Oakington and Harwich Abbey) 
			  Number of individuals 
			of whom: 
			  Reason for leaving detention  Total persons  asylum seekers  Q1 2005  Q2 2005  Q3 2005  Q4 2005 
			 Removed from the UK 20,420 9,975 4,845 4,995 5,095 5,480 
			 Granted leave to enter/remain(3) 130 20 25 35 40 30 
			 Granted temporary admission/release(4) 7,290 5,720 1,640 1,800 1,710 2,140 
			 Bailed(5) 1,370 1,090 270 285 395 415 
			 Other 5 5 * * *  
			 Total leaving detention 29,210 16,805 6,785 7,115 7,245 8,065 
			 (1) Figures exclude persons recorded as leaving detention from police cells and Prison Service establishments, those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers at time of removal/release and their children. (2) Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown. (3) Short or long term stay in the UK has been granted. (4) Decision on case has not been made. (5) Detainee has applied for, and been granted, bail at a bail hearing. (6) Provisional figures. 
		
	
	
		
			  Persons recorded as leaving detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers, Quarter 1 2006, by reason and place of detention( 1,6)  (excluding Oakington and Harwich) 
			  Number of individuals 
			  Place of last detention ( 2) Total leaving detention  Removed from the UK ( 3) Granted leave to enter/ remain ( 4) Granted temporary admission/ release ( 5) Bailed  Other 
			 Total persons 7,490 5,360 30 1,730 375 * 
			  of whom: asylum seekers 4,445 2,785 5 7,330 325 * 
			 (1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2 and may not sum due to rounding. Figures exclude persons recorded as detained in police cells and Prison Service establishments, those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers at time of removal/release and their children. (2) Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown. (3) Short or long term stay in the UK has been granted. (4) Decision on case has not been made. (5) Detainee has applied for, and been granted, bail at a bail hearing. (6) Provisional figures. 
		
	
	
		
			  Persons recorded as leaving detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers, Quarter 2 2006, by reason and place of detention( 1,6)  (excluding Oakington and Harwich) 
			  Number of individuals 
			  Place of last detention ( 2) Total leaving detention  Removed from the UK ( 3) Granted leave to enter/ remain ( 4) Granted temporary admission/ release ( 5) Bailed  Other 
			 Total persons 7,390 5,155 55 1,820 360  
			  of whom: asylum seekers 4,360 2,610 5 1,465 280  
			 (1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2 and may not sum due to rounding. Figures exclude persons recorded as detained in police cells and Prison Service establishments, those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers at time of removal/release and their children. (2) Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown. (3) Short or long term stay in the UK has been granted. (4) Decision on case has not been made. (5) Detainee has applied for, and been granted, bail at a bail hearing. (6) Provisional figures. 
		
	
	
		
			  Persons recorded as leaving detention in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Act powers, Quarter 3 2006, by reason and place of detention( 1,7)  (excluding Oakington and Harwich) 
			  Number of individuals 
			  Place of last detention ( 2) Total leaving detention  Removed from the UK ( 3) Granted leave to enter/ remain ( 4) Granted temporary admission/ release ( 5) Bailed  Other 
			 Total persons 6,165 3,845 30 1,920 370  
			  of whom: asylum seekers 3,740 1,970 5 1,545 215  
			  of whom: minors (6) 330 165  160 10  
			 (1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2 and may not sum due to rounding. Figures exclude persons recorded as detained in police cells and Prison Service establishments, those recorded as detained under both criminal and immigration powers at time of removal/release and their children. (2) Some detainees may be recorded more than once if, for example, the person has been detained on more than one separate occasion in the time period shown. (3) Short or long term stay in the UK has been granted. (4) Decision on case has not been made. (5) Detainee has applied for, and been granted, bail at a bail hearing. (6) Persons recorded as being under 18 at the end of their period of detention. (7) Provisional figures.

Asylum: Iraq

Neil Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many decisions were taken by the Government on asylum applications by Iraqi nationals in 2006, broken down by  (i) Geneva convention status,  (ii) humanitarian status and other authorisations to remain and  (iii) rejections.

Liam Byrne: Information on asylum applications, initial decisions and appeals for nationals of Iraq is shown in the following table. Initial decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period. Appeal determinations do not necessarily relate to initial decisions made in the same period.
	Information on asylum applications, initial decisions and appeals for nationals of Iraq is, however, published quarterly and annually. Copies of these publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
	
		
			  Asylum applications( 1)  received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, and initial decisions( 2)  on applications, 2006, nationals of Iraq 
			  Principal applicants 
			  Iraq  Total applications  Initial  d ecisions 
			Total decisions  Grants on asylum  Grants on humanitarian protection  Grants of Discretionary leave  Total refusals 
			 2006(3) 950 730 30  60 640 
			 (1) Figures rounded to nearest five. (2) Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. Decision figures do not necessarily relate to applications received in the same period.() (3) Provisional figures  Source: Immigration Research and Statistics 20 June 2007 
		
	
	
		
			  Appeals outcomes determined by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal( 1) , excluding dependants, nationals of Iraq, 2006 
			  Number of principal appellants 
			Appeals determined( 2)  
			Allowed( 4)  Dismissed( 4)  Withdrawn( 4, 5) 
			   Total determined( 3)  Total  As percentage of Determined  Total  As percentage of Determined  Total  As percentage of Determined 
			 2006 755 115 15 600 79 40 5 
			 (1) Provisional figures rounded to nearest 5 (except percentages). Figures may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. (2 )All figures for appeals determined are cases dealt with by Immigration Judges. (3 )Based on information supplied by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. (4 )Between January and March 2006 based on Immigration and Nationality electronic sources. From April 2006 based on information supplied by the AIT. (5 )Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office, as well as those withdrawn by the appellant.  Source:  Immigration Research and Statistics 20 June 2007.

Bichard Inquiry

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of the 2004 Bichard Inquiry.

Tony McNulty: The Bichard Inquiry (2004) was an independent public Inquiry chaired by Sir Michael Bichard. Sir Michael stated the cost of his inquiry to be of the order of 2 million.

Burglary: Convictions

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries were committed in each year since 1997; and in how many of these cases a conviction was secured.

Tony McNulty: The statistics are not available in the form requested. Recorded burglary statistics relate to offences and convictions data relates to offenders. In addition, recorded crime data are published on a financial year basis and conviction data are published on a calendar year basis. For these reasons, the two data sources are therefore not directly comparable.
	Figures for burglary offences recorded by the police are published in Table 2.04 of Crime in England and Wales 2005/06 and can be accessed at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1206chap2a.xls
	Data on the number of defendants found guilty of burglary, for the years 1997 to 2005 in England and Wales, have been provided by the Ministry of Justice and are given in the following table. Information for 2006 will be available in the autumn.
	
		
			  Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for burglary, England and Wales, 1997 to 2005( 1, 2, 3) 
			   Number 
			 1997 31,703 
			 1998 30,769 
			 1999 29,261 
			 2000 26,222 
			 2001 24,802 
			 2002 26,691 
			 2003 25,726 
			 2004 24,252 
			 2005 22,951 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces and courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) Staffordshire police force were only able to supply a sample of data for magistrates' courts proceedings covering one full week in each quarter for 2000. Estimates based on this sample are included in the figures, as they are considered sufficiently robust at this high level of analysis.  Source: RDSOffice for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice.

Community Support Officers: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how 
	(1)  many police community support officers are assigned to each ward in each London borough;
	(2)  how many police community support officers have been assigned to each London borough without safer neighbourhood teams;
	(3)  how many police community support officers have been  (a) requested by and  (b) assigned to each London borough.

Tony McNulty: Data on police strength are not available at the ward level, the available data for police community support officer (PCSO) strength for each London borough are by basic command unit (BCU) of the Metropolitan Police Service (MRS). These data are given in the table. The boundaries of London boroughs are coterminous with those of the BCUs within the MPS.
	Every BCU in the MPS has Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs). There are 630 SNTs in the MPS covering all 624 wards across the MPS. Every team has at least one Sergeant, two Constables and three PCSOs.
	The number of PCSOs requested by each London borough is not collected centrally within police personnel statistics. The number of PCSOs assigned to each London borough are available in the form previously described, and are given in the following table.
	
		
			  Police community support officer strength for Metropolitan Police Service by basic command unit, as at 31 January 2007( 1) 
			  Basic command unit  PCSO strength 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 104 
			 Westminster 300 
			 Camden 62 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 67 
			 Hackney 67 
			 Tower Hamlets 85 
			 Waltham Forest 67 
			 Redbridge 80 
			 Havering 69 
			 Newham 88 
			 Barking and Dagenham 63 
			 Lambeth 101 
			 Southwark 75 
			 Islington 59 
			 Lewisham 69 
			 Bromley 109 
			 Harrow 66 
			 Brent 64 
			 Greenwich 77 
			 Bexley 81 
			 Barnet 92 
			 Richmond upon Thames 64 
			 Hounslow 77 
			 Kingston upon Thames 53 
			 Merton 71 
			 Wandsworth 76 
			 Ealing 77 
			 Hillingdon 74 
			 Enfield 94 
			 Haringey 66 
			 Croydon 109 
			 Sutton 64 
			 Borough total 2,668 
			 (1) Table has been provided by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Home Office Police Productivity Unit.

Crime: Middlesbrough

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the contribution of the Alleygate scheme in Middlesbrough towards reducing crime.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office has not undertaken an assessment of the contribution of the Alleygate scheme in Middlesbrough towards reducing crime. Alleygating schemes are local initiatives, implemented based on local priorities and therefore an assessment of the contribution of such a scheme is a matter for local agencies.
	Alleygating is one of a number of ways of incorporating crime prevention measures into existing environments. We are also working with a range of partners including Communities and Local Government, local authorities, architects, designers, builders and others to ensure that when new buildings or communities are planned they are well designed places where crime prevention is taken into account from the outset so that crime and disorder or the fear of crime does not undermine quality of life or community cohesion.

Departments: Internet

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has held on changes to the  (a) design and  (b) layout of his Department's website.

Liam Byrne: The Home Office site was redesigned 18 months ago and has subsequently been successful in two pan government web awards.
	However, we are reviewing design and information architecture as part of our response to the Varney report, which made recommendations for the better delivery of Government web services.

Departments: Internet

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to improve the  (a) quality and  (b) quantity of information provided on his Department's website.

Liam Byrne: The Home Office site was redesigned 18 months ago and has subsequently been successful in two pan government web awards.
	However, in line with the Varney report, which made recommendations for the better delivery of Government web services, we are reviewing content with a view to moving appropriate content to the Direct.gov and Business link sites.

Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of his Department's special advisers were on  (a) paid and  (b) unpaid leave in order to assist with party political matters under section 22 (iii) of the code of conduct for special advisers on 16 May; and how many days' leave each adviser was granted.

Liam Byrne: None of the special advisers were on leave on 16 May.

Departments: Property

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate has been made of the value of the Department's property portfolio.

Liam Byrne: Asset valuations are carried out at five yearly intervals in accordance with Government accounting requirements. The estimate applicable on 1 April 2007 was 5,931 million based on valuations carried out from 31 March 2004 to 1 April 2007. This includes property transferred to the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007. The estimated value of the Home Office estate that did not transfer to Ministry of Justice was 209 million.
	
		
			  Home Office estate estimated valuesMarch 2007 
			   million 
			  Type of property  Estimated value 
			 Home Office excl. NOMS 209 
			 NOMS Prisons including. married quarters and farms 5,479 
			 NOMS Other 243 
			 Total 5,931

Departments: Sick Leave

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what average number of days per year was taken by staff in his Department as sick leave in each of the last five years for which records are available.

Liam Byrne: The information requested is given in the following table:
	
		
			  Working days lost to sickness per FTE staff per year 
			  Business area  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Central Home Office 6.7 6.1 6.3 5.2 5.4 
			 BIA 8.5 8.7 9.5 10.3 10.8 
			 HMPS (Prison Service) 14.7 13.3 12.7 12.2 11.64 
			 CRB (Criminal Record Bureau) 11 9.4 9.6 8.8 8.6 
			 IPS (Identity and Passport Service) 10.9 11.1 11.4 10.3 10.1

Detention Centres: Manpower

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has a target for the staff to detainee ratio in immigration removal centres.

Liam Byrne: The Border and Immigration Agency does not have a target for the staff to detainee ratio in Immigration Removal Centres. Staffing levels are a key area of evaluation during the competitive tender process for the operation of Removal Centre's. All contractors are required however to provide a safe environment at all times to detainees, staff and visitors.
	The Border and Immigration Agency does not have a target for the staff to detainee ratio for Immigration Removal Centres run by HM Prison Service as they have vast experience in operating custodial environments.

Driving Under Influence: Sentencing

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many  (a) women,  (b) men,  (c) women under 30 years old and  (d) men under 30 years old who committed drink driving offences in each of the last 10 years were given (i) a prison sentence, (ii) a mandatory disqualification from driving and (iii) a fine.

Vernon Coaker: Information for the period and at the level of detail requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table gives information for 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2004 (the latest available).
	Data for 2005 will be available later in the year.
	
		
			  Table A: findings of guilt, immediate custody and number fined at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) , females by age of offender, England and Wales 
			  Number of offences 
			   1995  1998  2001  2003  2004 
			   All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30 
			 Total findings of guilt at all courts 6,793 2,636 8,509 3,014 8,402 2,949 10,112 3,513 10,765 3,863 
			  of which:   
			 Immediate custody(2) 105 31 171 48 179 57 172 54 196 55 
			 Fine 5,510 2,206 6,650 2,509 6,404 2,379 7,701 2,806 8,059 3,036 
			 (1) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56. (2) Immediate custody = Detention and Training Order, Young Offender Institution and Unsuspended sentence of imprisonment.  Notes: 1. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used. 2. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: findings of guilt, immediate custody and number fined at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 1) , males by age of offender, England and Wales 
			  Number of offences 
			   1995  1998  2001  2003  2004 
			   All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30 
			 Total findings of guilt at all courts 85,693 37,226 84,604 36,451 76,346 35,280 83,588 38,380 85,473 38,700 
			  of which:   
			 Immediate custody(2) 6,178 2,809 6,757 3,002 6,442 3,010 6,136 2,927 5,863 2,755 
			 Fine 63,747 27,513 60,631 26,194 53,512 24,932 57,838 26,447 58,374 26,543 
			 (1) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56. (2) Immediate custody = Detention and Training Order, Young Offender Institution and Unsuspended sentence of imprisonment.  Notes: 1. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used. 2. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table C: driving licence disqualifications( 1)  imposed at all courts for the offence of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs( 2) , England and Wales, 1995-2004 
			  Number of offences 
			   1995  1998  2001  2003  2004 
			   All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30  All ages  Aged under 30 
			 Females 6,299 2,469 8,010 2,862 7,945 2,805 9,542 3,332 10,186 3,660 
			 Males 77,595 33,483 78,178 33,687 71,332 33,021 77,470 35,558 80,122 36,288 
			 (1) Disqualifications given as a secondary disposal. This covers cases where a disqualification from driving was given instead of a licence endorsement. (2) Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 4 (1) and (2), 5 (a) and (b), 6 (4), 7 (6) and s.7A as added by the Police Reform Act 2002 s. 56.  Notes: 1. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used. 2. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.

Entry Clearances

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many enforcement actions for breach of  (a) UK visitor,  (b) resident and  (c) overseas status limitations on working his Department and its agencies undertook in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07.

Liam Byrne: This information could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
	Published statistics on immigration and asylum, including enforcement activity is available on the Home Office's research, development and statistics website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
	In January of this year Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union. Bulgaria and Romanian nationals are the only European economic area (EEA) citizens to have their access to the UK labour market restricted; all other EEA citizens have the right of movement as workers or in case of A8 nationals via the worker registration scheme.
	If individuals from Romania and Bulgaria are caught working illegally they are liable to a fixed penalty notice of 1, 000. Records indicate that since January 77 fixed penalty notices have been served.

Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which officials from his Department sit on the Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies selection panel; what specialist training they receive; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: The recent Fulbright Fellowship in Police Studies selection panel convened in April this year was attended by staff from the Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Unit and from the Leadership Academy. All panellists are conversant with interview techniques and questioning and are also briefed on the selection processes adopted by Fulbright Fellowship.

Identity Cards: Passports

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the Identity and Passport Service's planned expenditure of 473 million in 2007-08 will be spent on the  (a) Identity Cards Scheme and  (b) development of biometric passports.

John Reid: Since the merger of the Home Office Identity Cards Programme and the UK Passport Service to create the Identity and Passport Service on 1 April 2006, projects to deliver biometric passports, identity cards and other improvements have been necessarily combined. As much of the functionality needed to implement identity cards is also required for the implementation of biometric passports, this is the most cost-effective way to deliver these initiatives (e.g. both the implementation of biometric passports and identity cards will require a very similar application procedure as well the procurement of biometric recording equipment, data storage capability for biographical and biometric information and offices to facilitate enrolment).
	As a result, much of the work conducted by Identity and Passport Service cannot be categorised, both financially and operationally, as contributing towards either the introduction of biometric passports or identity cards alone. The work is accounted for as future development projects.
	With regard to future costs, the Identity and Passport Service Business Plan, published in April 2007, indicates that the organisation plans to spend 473 million in the coming year. The estimate of expenditure relating to resource and capital expenditure for the introduction of second biometric passports incorporating fingerprint biometrics, identity cards and associated developments is 80 million.
	Even without the introduction of identity cards, a significant proportion of this expenditure would have been required in order to prepare for the introduction of second biometric passports. Overall, it is estimated that around 70 per cent. of the total cost of the Scheme would need to be incurred in order to introduce the second biometric passport incorporating fingerprint biometrics.

Illegal Immigrants

Cheryl Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in the joint operation between police and the Immigration Service at the LNG terminal in Pembrokeshire to arrest potentially illegal immigrants earlier in 2007; how many were found to be in the UK without the necessary paperwork; how many were released to attend the Swansea Immigration Office and arrived at that Office; how many were released on police bail and failed to answer that bail; and what the  (a) location and  (b) status is of the remainder of those taken into custody.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 27 February 2007
	 On 6 February a police-led operation was undertaken at the LNG construction site. The operation was aimed at all road users who use the road illegally however, intelligence had suggested that some individuals maybe of interest to the Border and Immigration Agency and enforcement staff were made available on the day to support the police.
	A number of individuals were found to be of interest to the Border and Immigration Agency and those individuals have been processed by Border and Immigration Agency staff and decisions made in accordance with current policy and guidelines.
	The Border and Immigration Agency's enforcement priority is to remove the most harmful people from society first and for this reason and due to detention capacity, it is not always possible to detain individuals, but consider other alternative options such as, placing individuals on reporting restrictions one of a number of initiatives that is proving to be successful in maintaining contact with individuals.
	The Border and Immigration Agency announced on the seven March, their Enforcement Strategy Document, 'Enforcing the Rules', which outlines further measures to address public concerns and increase confidence in our immigration system.

Immigration: Detention Centres

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent general practitioners provided health services at  (a) Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre,  (b) Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre,  (c) Dover Immigration Removal Centre,  (d) Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre,  (e) Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre,  (f) Haslar Immigration Removal Centre,  (g) Lindholme,  (h) Oakington,  (i) Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre and  (j) Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre in 2006.

Liam Byrne: Every removal centre is required to have a health care team, at least one member of which must be a doctor trained as a general practitioner, to provide primary health care services to detainees. Removal centre contractors operate healthcare by a mixture of full time employees and outsourced providers. No centre directly employs a doctor, their services are provided under contract by local practices or the local primary care trusts or health authority, and therefore there are no full time equivalents. Doctors are required to provide surgeries on site between certain times and for agreed volumes of hours, the rest of the time the centre is serviced by an on call doctor service. The cover provided by general practitioners for each immigration removal centre is as follows.
	CampsfieldThe GP conducts a two hours surgery Monday to Friday and on-call cover provided out of hours, at night and weekends.
	ColnbrookThere are two GPs conducting surgeries between 8a.m and 5p.m Monday to Friday and Saturday 8a.m. until noon. An on call service is available at all other times.
	DoverOne GP holds a two hours surgery each day (except Christmas day). An on call service is available at all other times.
	DungavelOne GP provides a daily surgery Monday to Friday (31 hours per week). An on call service is available at all other times.
	HarmondsworthThe GP holds two surgeries each day totalling five hours plus three hours on Saturday and Sunday mornings and Bank Holidays. 31 hours of GP services each week. An on call service is available at all other times.
	HaslarThree GPs provide daily surgeries and three GPs provide an on-call service at all other times.
	LindholmeOne GP provides a daily surgery Monday to Friday. An on-call service is available at all other times.
	OakingtonOne GP provides a two hour surgery each day plus additional screening of new detainees up to three hours. An on call service is available at all other times.
	Tinsley HouseOne GP provides a four hour surgery each day and an on call service is available at all other times.
	Yarl's WoodOne full-time GP holds surgery eight hours each day Monday to Friday and for three hours on Saturday and Sundays. An on call service is available at all other times.

Motor Vehicles: Accidents

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources are being provided for the tackling of staged and induced motor accident fraud in  (a) Preston,  (b) Bolton West,  (c) Ribble Valley,  (d) Hazel Grove,  (e) Blackburn,  (f) Southampton,  (g) Bradford South,  (h) Blackpool, North and Fleetwood and  (i) Salford constituencies.

Vernon Coaker: This information is not held centrally. The Police Service in England and Wales has benefited from a significant increase in resources over a sustained period. On a like for like basis Government grant and central spending on services for the police will have increased from 6.2 billion in 1997-98 to 11.0 billion in 2007-08; an increase of nearly 4.8 billion or a cash increase of 77 per cent. (in real terms over 39 per cent.). Every police authority has received its fair share of resources. The use of these resources is an operational matter for each chief officer to determine in the light of local and competing priorities.

Police: Health

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers passed bleep and push and pull tests as part of the police entry fitness tests in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: All serving police officers passed the endurance ('bleep') test and the dynamic strength ('push and pull') tests as police applicants who fail cannot be appointed police officers.
	The most recent figures available are for the 2005-06 period and are shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Fail  Pass 
			 Endurance 263 7,512 
			 Pull 263 9,529 
			 Push 226 7,478 
			  Note: The table provides the figures for 38 forces and does not include data for the forces listed as follows as this has not been made available to the Department. Cheshire Cleveland Devon and Cornwall Dorset, Gloucestershire Merseyside and West Midlands

Police: Road Traffic

Mark Hunter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have a dedicated roads policing division; how many officers there are in each such division; and what percentage each figure represents of the force's total number of officers.

Vernon Coaker: Force organisation and deployment of resources are matters for individual chief officers of police. Information is therefore not available in the form requested. Information on the number of officers in each force whose main function is traffic and the percentage this represents of the force's total number of officers is in the table as follows.
	
		
			  Police officers whose main function is Traffic( 1)  (FTE)( 2)  by police force area as at 31 March 2006 
			   31 March 2006  Percentage of officers whose main function is Traffic from total strength 
			 Avon and Somerset 215 6.2 
			 Bedfordshire 81 6.6 
			 Cambridgeshire 99 6.8 
			 Cheshire 85 3.9 
			 Cleveland 61 3.6 
			 Cumbria 111 8.7 
			 Derbyshire 119 5.7 
			 Devon and Cornwall 215 6.1 
			 Dorset 81 5.4 
			 Durham 105 6.1 
			 Dyfed Powys 143 12.0 
			 Essex 243 7.3 
			 Gloucestershire 73 5.6 
			 Greater Manchester 342 4.2 
			 Gwent 102 7.0 
			 Hampshire 240 6.3 
			 Hertfordshire 149 6.9 
			 Humberside 181 8.1 
			 Kent 116 3.2 
			 Lancashire 197 5.4 
			 Leicestershire 77 3.4 
			 Lincolnshire 102 8.2 
			 London, City of 24 2.7 
			 Merseyside 138 3.2 
			 Metropolitan Police 603 1.9 
			 Norfolk 112 7.1 
			 Northamptonshire 63 4.7 
			 Northumbria 167 4.1 
			 North Wales 81 5.0 
			 North Yorkshire 97 5.9 
			 Nottinghamshire 134 5.3 
			 South Wales 243 7.3 
			 South Yorkshire 141 4.3 
			 Staffordshire 28 1.2 
			 Suffolk 80 6.1 
			 Surrey 99 5.1 
			 Sussex 160 5.1 
			 Thames Valley 236 5.5 
			 Warwickshire 97 9.3 
			 West Mercia 116 4.9 
			 West Midlands 401 4.9 
			 West Yorkshire 343 6.0 
			 Wiltshire 13 1.1 
			 (1) Staff with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. The traffic function includes staff who are predominantly employed on motorcycles or in patrol vehicles for the policing of traffic and motorway related duties. The does not include officers employed in accident investigation, vehicle examination and radar duties. (2) This and other tables contain full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. Includes those on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave.

Terrorism: Human Rights

Bernard Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effect of the operation of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the Government's ability to detain or deport terrorist suspects; and if he will make a statement.

Liam Byrne: holding answer 3 May 2007
	As my right. hon.. Friend the Prime Minister advised the Member for Stratford-upon-Avon (Mr. Maples) on 2 May, the Human Rights Act 1998 does not affect our ability to detain or to deport. The Human Rights Act simply incorporated our pre-existing international obligations into domestic law.
	Detention has to be consistent with Articles of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the European Convention on Human Rights). In deporting someone from the United Kingdom, we have to have regard to our obligations under Article 3 of the ECHR as defined in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
	The Government are seeking to secure a modification of the current case law through its intervention in two cases currently before the Court.